diff --git a/init/reboot.cpp b/init/reboot.cpp
index e89f74aa0..ffd58a38d 100644
--- a/init/reboot.cpp
+++ b/init/reboot.cpp
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@
 #include "sigchld_handler.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
-#define PROC_SYSRQ "/proc/sysrq-trigger"
-
 using namespace std::literals;
 
 using android::base::boot_clock;
diff --git a/init/reboot_utils.cpp b/init/reboot_utils.cpp
index 485188ba0..76460a5df 100644
--- a/init/reboot_utils.cpp
+++ b/init/reboot_utils.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <cutils/android_reboot.h>
 
 #include "capabilities.h"
+#include "reboot_utils.h"
 
 namespace android {
 namespace init {
@@ -138,6 +139,9 @@ void __attribute__((noreturn)) InitFatalReboot(int signal_number) {
         LOG(ERROR) << backtrace->FormatFrameData(i);
     }
     if (init_fatal_panic) {
+        LOG(ERROR) << __FUNCTION__ << ": Trigger crash";
+        android::base::WriteStringToFile("c", PROC_SYSRQ);
+        LOG(ERROR) << __FUNCTION__ << ": Sys-Rq failed to crash the system; fallback to exit().";
         _exit(signal_number);
     }
     RebootSystem(ANDROID_RB_RESTART2, init_fatal_reboot_target);
diff --git a/init/reboot_utils.h b/init/reboot_utils.h
index 878ad9696..05bb9ae8e 100644
--- a/init/reboot_utils.h
+++ b/init/reboot_utils.h
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
+#define PROC_SYSRQ "/proc/sysrq-trigger"
+
 namespace android {
 namespace init {