diff --git a/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java b/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java
index 0386cff9edea1..5cffb780c69f0 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java
@@ -4294,6 +4294,16 @@ public final class ActivityThread {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Public entrypoint to stop profiling. This is required to end profiling when the app crashes,
+     * so that profiler data won't be lost.
+     *
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public void stopProfiling() {
+        mProfiler.stopProfiling();
+    }
+
     static final void handleDumpHeap(boolean managed, DumpHeapData dhd) {
         if (managed) {
             try {
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/RuntimeInit.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/RuntimeInit.java
index f81658e013442..3b8b7cb2ba2fe 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/RuntimeInit.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/RuntimeInit.java
@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@ public class RuntimeInit {
                     Clog_e(TAG, message.toString(), e);
                 }
 
+                // Try to end profiling. If a profiler is running at this point, and we kill the
+                // process (below), the in-memory buffer will be lost. So try to stop, which will
+                // flush the buffer. (This makes method trace profiling useful to debug crashes.)
+                if (ActivityThread.currentActivityThread() != null) {
+                    ActivityThread.currentActivityThread().stopProfiling();
+                }
+
                 // Bring up crash dialog, wait for it to be dismissed
                 ActivityManagerNative.getDefault().handleApplicationCrash(
                         mApplicationObject, new ApplicationErrorReport.CrashInfo(e));