diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageDexOptimizer.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageDexOptimizer.java
index 89747b5f79b73..26a840da094b6 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageDexOptimizer.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageDexOptimizer.java
@@ -328,10 +328,11 @@ class PackageDexOptimizer {
 
         for (String apkPath : pkg.getAllCodePathsExcludingResourceOnly()) {
             try {
-                apkPath = new File(apkPath).getCanonicalPath();
+                apkPath = PackageManagerServiceUtils.realpath(new File(apkPath));
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 // Log an error but continue without it.
                 Slog.w(TAG, "Failed to get canonical path", e);
+                continue;
             }
             String useMarker = apkPath.replace('/', '@');
             final int[] currentUserIds = UserManagerService.getInstance().getUserIds();
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerService.java
index faec8443c7222..488645dd65586 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerService.java
@@ -7603,10 +7603,11 @@ public class PackageManagerService extends IPackageManager.Stub {
 
         for (String path : pkg.getAllCodePathsExcludingResourceOnly()) {
             try {
-                path = new File(path).getCanonicalPath();
+                path = PackageManagerServiceUtils.realpath(new File(path));
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 // TODO: Should we return early here ?
                 Slog.w(TAG, "Failed to get canonical path", e);
+                continue;
             }
 
             final String useMarker = path.replace('/', '@');
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerServiceUtils.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerServiceUtils.java
index 67cbcd88ead16..b305ba71863b4 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerServiceUtils.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerServiceUtils.java
@@ -25,9 +25,13 @@ import android.content.pm.PackageParser;
 import android.content.pm.ResolveInfo;
 import android.os.RemoteException;
 import android.os.UserHandle;
+import android.system.ErrnoException;
 import android.util.ArraySet;
 import android.util.Log;
+import libcore.io.Libcore;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Date;
@@ -163,4 +167,16 @@ public class PackageManagerServiceUtils {
 
         return result;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the canonicalized path of {@code path} as per {@code realpath(3)}
+     * semantics.
+     */
+    public static String realpath(File path) throws IOException {
+        try {
+            return Libcore.os.realpath(path.getAbsolutePath());
+        } catch (ErrnoException ee) {
+            throw ee.rethrowAsIOException();
+        }
+    }
+}