diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_symbolizer_linux.cc b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_symbolizer_linux.cc
index 00e2bd12cf02..14a682bd99ec 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_symbolizer_linux.cc
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_symbolizer_linux.cc
@@ -148,7 +148,12 @@ static int dl_iterate_phdr_cb(dl_phdr_info *info, size_t size, void *arg) {
     // First module is the binary itself.
     uptr module_name_len = internal_readlink(
         "/proc/self/exe", module_name.data(), module_name.size());
-    CHECK_NE(module_name_len, (uptr)-1);
+    if (module_name_len == (uptr)-1) {
+      // We can't read /proc/self/exe for some reason, assume the name of the
+      // binary is unknown.
+      module_name_len = internal_snprintf(module_name.data(),
+                                          module_name.size(), "/proc/self/exe");
+    }
     CHECK_LT(module_name_len, module_name.size());
     module_name[module_name_len] = '\0';
   } else if (info->dlpi_name) {