diff --git a/policy/modules/system/init.te b/policy/modules/system/init.te
index 91d53c6886..74882174db 100644
--- a/policy/modules/system/init.te
+++ b/policy/modules/system/init.te
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ gen_tunable(init_create_dirs, true)
 ## Allow init audit_control capability
 ## </p>
 ## </desc>
-gen_tunable(init_audit_control, true)
+gen_tunable(init_audit_control, false)
 
 # used for direct running of init scripts
 # by admin domains