diff --git a/cmds/incidentd/src/Section.cpp b/cmds/incidentd/src/Section.cpp
index 6d5737d3389fd..78876a37f7301 100644
--- a/cmds/incidentd/src/Section.cpp
+++ b/cmds/incidentd/src/Section.cpp
@@ -864,11 +864,16 @@ status_t TombstoneSection::BlockingCall(int pipeWriteFd) const {
         // Read from the pipe concurrently to avoid blocking the child.
         FdBuffer buffer;
         err = buffer.readFully(dumpPipe.readFd().get());
+        // Wait on the child to avoid it becoming a zombie process.
+        status_t cStatus = wait_child(child);
         if (err != NO_ERROR) {
             ALOGW("[%s] failed to read stack dump: %d", this->name.string(), err);
             dumpPipe.readFd().reset();
             break;
         }
+        if (cStatus != NO_ERROR) {
+            ALOGE("TombstoneSection '%s' child had an issue: %s\n", this->name.string(), strerror(-cStatus));
+        }
 
         auto dump = std::make_unique<char[]>(buffer.size());
         auto iterator = buffer.data();