diff --git a/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp b/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp
index 6c802006b964b..b30fed6743093 100644
--- a/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp
@@ -342,6 +342,8 @@ AndroidRuntime::~AndroidRuntime()
 }
 
 void AndroidRuntime::setArgv0(const char* argv0, bool setProcName) {
+    // Set the kernel's task name, for as much of the name as we can fit.
+    // The kernel's TASK_COMM_LEN minus one for the terminating NUL == 15.
     if (setProcName) {
         int len = strlen(argv0);
         if (len < 15) {
@@ -350,8 +352,14 @@ void AndroidRuntime::setArgv0(const char* argv0, bool setProcName) {
             pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), argv0 + len - 15);
         }
     }
+
+    // Directly change the memory pointed to by argv[0].
     memset(mArgBlockStart, 0, mArgBlockLength);
     strlcpy(mArgBlockStart, argv0, mArgBlockLength);
+
+    // Let bionic know that we just did that, because __progname points
+    // into argv[0] (https://issuetracker.google.com/152893281).
+    setprogname(mArgBlockStart);
 }
 
 status_t AndroidRuntime::callMain(const String8& className, jclass clazz,