diff --git a/crates/kernlog/src/lib.rs b/crates/kernlog/src/lib.rs
index d87df229e..426dca903 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -88,8 +88,22 @@ impl KernelLog {
         // environment variable "ANDROID_FILE_<file_name>" where <file_name> is the path to the
         // file where non alpha-numeric characters are replaced with '_'.
         match env::var("ANDROID_FILE__dev_kmsg") {
-            Ok(val) => OpenOptions::new().write(true).open(format!("/proc/self/fd/{}", val)),
-            Err(e) => Err(Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, "ANDROID_FILE__dev_kmsg doesn't exist")),
+            Ok(val) => {
+                let fd = val.parse().map_err(|_| {
+                    Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, "ANDROID_FILE__dev_kmsg doesn't parse")
+                })?;
+                // SAFETY: This is a fd provided by init, so it outlives the process unless
+                // something closes it. We only use it for `dup`ing it to an owned file, so
+                // we are unconcerned about any interleaved read/write/seeks. Since this fd
+                // is not owned by any file object, it is not possible to close it without
+                // `unsafe`.
+                let borrowed = unsafe { std::os::fd::BorrowedFd::borrow_raw(fd) };
+                Ok(File::from(borrowed.try_clone_to_owned()?))
+            }
+            Err(e) => Err(Error::new(
+                ErrorKind::Other,
+                "ANDROID_FILE__dev_kmsg doesn't exist",
+            )),
         }
     }