diff --git a/dom/nfc/gonk/NfcService.cpp b/dom/nfc/gonk/NfcService.cpp
index 68c69508b7d0..dc201a389fa0 100644
--- a/dom/nfc/gonk/NfcService.cpp
+++ b/dom/nfc/gonk/NfcService.cpp
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ NfcService::OnConnectSuccess(int aIndex)
 
   switch (aIndex) {
     case LISTEN_SOCKET: {
-        nsCString value("nfcd:-a ");
+        nsCString value("nfcd:-S -a ");
         value.Append(mListenSocketName);
         if (NS_WARN_IF(property_set("ctl.start", value.get()) < 0)) {
           OnConnectError(STREAM_SOCKET);
diff --git a/ipc/nfc/NfcConnector.cpp b/ipc/nfc/NfcConnector.cpp
index c86a4c958941..7b4064156425 100644
--- a/ipc/nfc/NfcConnector.cpp
+++ b/ipc/nfc/NfcConnector.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ NfcConnector::~NfcConnector()
 nsresult
 NfcConnector::CreateSocket(int& aFd) const
 {
-  aFd = socket(AF_LOCAL, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+  aFd = socket(AF_LOCAL, SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0);
   if (aFd < 0) {
     NS_WARNING("Could not open NFC socket!");
     return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;