diff --git a/core/java/android/os/DeadSystemRuntimeException.java b/core/java/android/os/DeadSystemRuntimeException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1e869249eb9db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/java/android/os/DeadSystemRuntimeException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package android.os;
+
+/**
+ * Exception thrown when a call into system_server resulted in a
+ * DeadObjectException, meaning that the system_server has died.  There's
+ * nothing apps can do at this point - the system will automatically restart -
+ * so there's no point in catching this.
+ *
+ * @hide
+ */
+public class DeadSystemRuntimeException extends RuntimeException {
+    public DeadSystemRuntimeException() {
+        super(new DeadSystemException());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/java/android/os/RemoteException.java b/core/java/android/os/RemoteException.java
index e9fc2f38072b0..878e1413a8c92 100644
--- a/core/java/android/os/RemoteException.java
+++ b/core/java/android/os/RemoteException.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class RemoteException extends AndroidException {
     /**
      * Rethrow this exception when we know it came from the system server. This
      * gives us an opportunity to throw a nice clean
-     * {@link DeadSystemException} signal to avoid spamming logs with
+     * {@link DeadSystemRuntimeException} signal to avoid spamming logs with
      * misleading stack traces.
      * <p>
      * Apps making calls into the system server may end up persisting internal
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class RemoteException extends AndroidException {
     @NonNull
     public RuntimeException rethrowFromSystemServer() {
         if (this instanceof DeadObjectException) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(new DeadSystemException());
+            throw new DeadSystemRuntimeException();
         } else {
             throw new RuntimeException(this);
         }