diff --git a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/RIL.java b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/RIL.java
index 1d194d05d0fc2..96b839f3af81e 100644
--- a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/RIL.java
+++ b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/RIL.java
@@ -1396,15 +1396,7 @@ public final class RIL extends BaseCommands implements CommandsInterface {
         if(mInitialRadioStateChange) {
             synchronized (mStateMonitor) {
                 if (!mState.isOn()) {
-                    RILRequest rrPnt = RILRequest.obtain(
-                                   RIL_REQUEST_SET_PREFERRED_NETWORK_TYPE, null);
-
-                    rrPnt.mp.writeInt(1);
-                    rrPnt.mp.writeInt(mNetworkMode);
-                    if (RILJ_LOGD) riljLog(rrPnt.serialString() + "> "
-                        + requestToString(rrPnt.mRequest) + " : " + mNetworkMode);
-
-                    send(rrPnt);
+                    setPreferredNetworkType(mNetworkMode, null);
 
                     RILRequest rrCs = RILRequest.obtain(
                                    RIL_REQUEST_CDMA_SET_SUBSCRIPTION_SOURCE, null);
@@ -2071,17 +2063,10 @@ public final class RIL extends BaseCommands implements CommandsInterface {
                  */
                 if (RILJ_LOGD) Log.d(LOG_TAG, "Radio ON @ init; reset to OFF");
                 setRadioPower(false, null);
-                // MultimodeRIL needs to know the preferred network at power up.
-                RILRequest rrPnt = RILRequest.obtain(
-                                   RIL_REQUEST_SET_PREFERRED_NETWORK_TYPE, null);
-                rrPnt.mp.writeInt(1);
-                rrPnt.mp.writeInt(mNetworkMode);
-                if (RILJ_LOGD) riljLog(rrPnt.serialString() + "> "
-                        + requestToString(rrPnt.mRequest) + " : " + mNetworkMode);
-                send(rrPnt);
             } else {
                 if (DBG) Log.d(LOG_TAG, "Radio OFF @ init");
                 setRadioState(newState);
+                setPreferredNetworkType(mNetworkMode, null);
             }
             mInitialRadioStateChange = false;
         } else {