diff --git a/app.te b/app.te
index 4f5c5db638b4dbb78bcf1a879198404f5f1427e5..ee74b9dd74ae7324a58cc062f1a89388a8401862 100644
--- a/app.te
+++ b/app.te
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ allow appdomain app_data_file:notdevfile_class_set create_file_perms;
 
 # Read/write data files created by the platform apps if they
 # were passed to the app via binder or local IPC.  Do not allow open.
-allow appdomain platform_app_data_file:file { read write };
+allow appdomain platform_app_data_file:file { getattr read write };
 
 # lib subdirectory of /data/data dir is system-owned.
 allow appdomain system_data_file:dir r_dir_perms;