diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerService.java
index 7b77c9660daea..ac8aae3107972 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerService.java
@@ -10180,20 +10180,10 @@ public class PackageManagerService extends IPackageManager.Stub
                 // The signature has changed, but this package is in the system
                 // image...  let's recover!
                 pkgSetting.signatures.mSigningDetails = pkg.mSigningDetails;
-                // However...  if this package is part of a shared user, but it
-                // doesn't match the signature of the shared user, let's fail.
-                // What this means is that you can't change the signatures
-                // associated with an overall shared user, which doesn't seem all
-                // that unreasonable.
+                // If the system app is part of a shared user we allow that shared user to change
+                // signatures as well in part as part of an OTA.
                 if (signatureCheckPs.sharedUser != null) {
-                    if (compareSignatures(
-                            signatureCheckPs.sharedUser.signatures.mSigningDetails.signatures,
-                            pkg.mSigningDetails.signatures) != PackageManager.SIGNATURE_MATCH) {
-                        throw new PackageManagerException(
-                                INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_INCONSISTENT_CERTIFICATES,
-                                "Signature mismatch for shared user: "
-                                        + pkgSetting.sharedUser);
-                    }
+                    signatureCheckPs.sharedUser.signatures.mSigningDetails = pkg.mSigningDetails;
                 }
                 // File a report about this.
                 String msg = "System package " + pkg.packageName