diff --git a/service/jni/com_android_server_BpfNetMaps.cpp b/service/jni/com_android_server_BpfNetMaps.cpp
index 71fa8e4238..799ac5cdf1 100644
--- a/service/jni/com_android_server_BpfNetMaps.cpp
+++ b/service/jni/com_android_server_BpfNetMaps.cpp
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ namespace android {
       ALOGE("%s failed, error code = %d", __func__, status.code()); \
   } while (0)
 
-static void native_init(JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz) {
-  Status status = mTc.start();
+static void native_init(JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz, jboolean startSkDestroyListener) {
+  Status status = mTc.start(startSkDestroyListener);
   CHECK_LOG(status);
   if (!isOk(status)) {
     uid_t uid = getuid();
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static jint native_synchronizeKernelRCU(JNIEnv* env, jobject self) {
 // clang-format off
 static const JNINativeMethod gMethods[] = {
     /* name, signature, funcPtr */
-    {"native_init", "()V",
+    {"native_init", "(Z)V",
     (void*)native_init},
     {"native_addNaughtyApp", "(I)I",
     (void*)native_addNaughtyApp},
diff --git a/service/native/TrafficController.cpp b/service/native/TrafficController.cpp
index a26d1e6200..7fb1b34a80 100644
--- a/service/native/TrafficController.cpp
+++ b/service/native/TrafficController.cpp
@@ -181,9 +181,13 @@ Status TrafficController::initMaps() {
     return netdutils::status::ok;
 }
 
-Status TrafficController::start() {
+Status TrafficController::start(bool startSkDestroyListener) {
     RETURN_IF_NOT_OK(initMaps());
 
+    if (!startSkDestroyListener) {
+        return netdutils::status::ok;
+    }
+
     auto result = makeSkDestroyListener();
     if (!isOk(result)) {
         ALOGE("Unable to create SkDestroyListener: %s", toString(result).c_str());
diff --git a/service/native/include/TrafficController.h b/service/native/include/TrafficController.h
index 8512929b8e..b44d795444 100644
--- a/service/native/include/TrafficController.h
+++ b/service/native/include/TrafficController.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class TrafficController {
     /*
      * Initialize the whole controller
      */
-    netdutils::Status start();
+    netdutils::Status start(bool startSkDestroyListener);
 
     /*
      * Swap the stats map config from current active stats map to the idle one.
diff --git a/service/src/com/android/server/BpfNetMaps.java b/service/src/com/android/server/BpfNetMaps.java
index dc5c4c75b0..97449f6cb8 100644
--- a/service/src/com/android/server/BpfNetMaps.java
+++ b/service/src/com/android/server/BpfNetMaps.java
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ public class BpfNetMaps {
         Log.d(TAG, "BpfNetMaps is initialized with sEnableJavaBpfMap=" + sEnableJavaBpfMap);
 
         initBpfMaps();
-        native_init();
+        native_init(true /* startSkDestroyListener */);
         sInitialized = true;
     }
 
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ public class BpfNetMaps {
         native_dump(fd, verbose);
     }
 
-    private static native void native_init();
+    private static native void native_init(boolean startSkDestroyListener);
     private native int native_addNaughtyApp(int uid);
     private native int native_removeNaughtyApp(int uid);
     private native int native_addNiceApp(int uid);