diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/BootReceiver.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/BootReceiver.java
index 85f1e0a36ae9c..7e6350f25126b 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/BootReceiver.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/BootReceiver.java
@@ -341,7 +341,8 @@ public class BootReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
         // non-proto tombstones, even though proto tombstones do not support including the counter
         // of events dropped since rate limiting activated yet.
         DropboxRateLimiter.RateLimitResult rateLimitResult =
-                sDropboxRateLimiter.shouldRateLimit(TAG_TOMBSTONE, processName);
+                sDropboxRateLimiter.shouldRateLimit(
+                       proto ? TAG_TOMBSTONE_PROTO : TAG_TOMBSTONE, processName);
         if (rateLimitResult.shouldRateLimit()) return;
 
         HashMap<String, Long> timestamps = readTimestamps();