diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/os/NativeTombstoneManager.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/os/NativeTombstoneManager.java
index 7b0eddc505f4c798ea3cd7ff69a3d2032e118c37..e5616d04554d71360daa69e89f47a6a1f778b054 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/os/NativeTombstoneManager.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/os/NativeTombstoneManager.java
@@ -567,6 +567,10 @@ public final class NativeTombstoneManager {
 
         @Override
         public void onEvent(int event, @Nullable String path) {
+            if (path == null) {
+                Slog.w(TAG, "path is null at TombstoneWatcher.onEvent()");
+                return;
+            }
             mHandler.post(() -> {
                 // Ignore .tmp files.
                 if (path.endsWith(".tmp")) {