diff --git a/init/init.cpp b/init/init.cpp
index a7325cad9..942feb939 100644
--- a/init/init.cpp
+++ b/init/init.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <sys/mount.h>
 #include <sys/signalfd.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #define _REALLY_INCLUDE_SYS__SYSTEM_PROPERTIES_H_
@@ -554,6 +555,19 @@ static void SetUsbController() {
     }
 }
 
+/// Set ro.kernel.version property to contain the major.minor pair as returned
+/// by uname(2).
+static void SetKernelVersion() {
+    struct utsname uts;
+    unsigned int major, minor;
+
+    if ((uname(&uts) != 0) || (sscanf(uts.release, "%u.%u", &major, &minor) != 2)) {
+        LOG(ERROR) << "Could not parse the kernel version from uname";
+        return;
+    }
+    SetProperty("ro.kernel.version", android::base::StringPrintf("%u.%u", major, minor));
+}
+
 static void HandleSigtermSignal(const signalfd_siginfo& siginfo) {
     if (siginfo.ssi_pid != 0) {
         // Drop any userspace SIGTERM requests.
@@ -824,6 +838,7 @@ int SecondStageMain(int argc, char** argv) {
     export_oem_lock_status();
     MountHandler mount_handler(&epoll);
     SetUsbController();
+    SetKernelVersion();
 
     const BuiltinFunctionMap& function_map = GetBuiltinFunctionMap();
     Action::set_function_map(&function_map);
diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 376a678a8..451595092 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -590,9 +590,23 @@ on late-fs
     # Load trusted keys from dm-verity protected partitions
     exec -- /system/bin/fsverity_init --load-verified-keys
 
+# Only enable the bootreceiver tracing instance for kernels 5.10 and above.
+on late-fs && property:ro.kernel.version=4.9
+    setprop bootreceiver.enable 0
+on late-fs && property:ro.kernel.version=4.14
+    setprop bootreceiver.enable 0
+on late-fs && property:ro.kernel.version=4.19
+    setprop bootreceiver.enable 0
+on late-fs && property:ro.kernel.version=5.4
+    setprop bootreceiver.enable 0
+on late-fs
+    # Bootreceiver tracing instance is enabled by default.
+    setprop bootreceiver.enable ${bootreceiver.enable:-1}
+
+on property:ro.product.cpu.abilist64=* && property:bootreceiver.enable=1
     # Set up a tracing instance for system_server to monitor error_report_end events.
     # These are sent by kernel tools like KASAN and KFENCE when a memory corruption
-    # is detected.
+    # is detected. This is only needed for 64-bit systems.
     mkdir /sys/kernel/tracing/instances/bootreceiver 0700 system system
     restorecon_recursive /sys/kernel/tracing/instances/bootreceiver
     write /sys/kernel/tracing/instances/bootreceiver/buffer_size_kb 1