diff --git a/debuggerd/utility.cpp b/debuggerd/utility.cpp
index a163344..9a30fe3 100644
--- a/debuggerd/utility.cpp
+++ b/debuggerd/utility.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
 void _LOG(log_t* log, enum logtype ltype, const char* fmt, ...) {
   bool write_to_tombstone = (log->tfd != -1);
   bool write_to_logcat = is_allowed_in_logcat(ltype)
+                      && log->crashed_tid != -1
+                      && log->current_tid != -1
                       && (log->crashed_tid == log->current_tid);
   bool write_to_activitymanager = (log->amfd != -1);
 
diff --git a/debuggerd/utility.h b/debuggerd/utility.h
index 518305d..31684ce 100644
--- a/debuggerd/utility.h
+++ b/debuggerd/utility.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #endif
 
 
-typedef struct {
+struct log_t{
     /* tombstone file descriptor */
     int tfd;
     /* Activity Manager socket file descriptor */
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@
     pid_t crashed_tid;
     // The tid of the thread we are currently working with.
     pid_t current_tid;
-} log_t;
+
+    log_t()
+        : tfd(-1), amfd(-1), crashed_tid(-1), current_tid(-1) {}
+};
 
 // List of types of logs to simplify the logging decision in _LOG
 enum logtype {