diff --git a/libc/bionic/system_properties.cpp b/libc/bionic/system_properties.cpp
index a958699..6906ecd 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/system_properties.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/system_properties.cpp
@@ -1051,16 +1051,15 @@
     if (!initialize_properties_from_file("/system/etc/selinux/plat_property_contexts")) {
       return false;
     }
-    if (!initialize_properties_from_file("/vendor/etc/selinux/nonplat_property_contexts")) {
-      return false;
-    }
+    // Don't check for failure here, so we always have a sane list of properties.
+    // E.g. In case of recovery, the vendor partition will not have mounted and we
+    // still need the system / platform properties to function.
+    initialize_properties_from_file("/vendor/etc/selinux/nonplat_property_contexts");
   } else {
     if (!initialize_properties_from_file("/plat_property_contexts")) {
       return false;
     }
-    if (!initialize_properties_from_file("/nonplat_property_contexts")) {
-      return false;
-    }
+    initialize_properties_from_file("/nonplat_property_contexts");
   }
 
   return true;
diff --git a/linker/linker.cpp b/linker/linker.cpp
index 201e187..8e7a141 100644
--- a/linker/linker.cpp
+++ b/linker/linker.cpp
@@ -1776,9 +1776,6 @@
         if (local_unload_list.contains(child)) {
           continue;
         } else if (child->is_linked() && child->get_local_group_root() != root) {
-          child->get_parents().remove_if([&] (const soinfo* parent) {
-            return parent == si;
-          });
           external_unload_list.push_back(child);
         } else if (child->get_parents().empty()) {
           unload_list.push_back(child);
diff --git a/linker/linker_config.cpp b/linker/linker_config.cpp
index 0a9aeab..2bdde1e 100644
--- a/linker/linker_config.cpp
+++ b/linker/linker_config.cpp
@@ -371,6 +371,15 @@
                                       bool is_asan,
                                       const Config** config,
                                       std::string* error_msg) {
+  // TODO(b/38114603) Currently, multiple namespaces does not support ASAN mode
+  // where some symbols should be intercepted via LD_PRELOAD; LD_PRELOADed libs
+  // are not being preloaded into the linked namespaces other than the default
+  // namespace. Until we fix the problem, we temporarily disable ld.config.txt
+  // in ASAN mode.
+  if (is_asan) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   g_config.clear();
 
   std::unordered_map<std::string, PropertyValue> property_map;
diff --git a/linker/tests/linker_config_test.cpp b/linker/tests/linker_config_test.cpp
index 5e51113..b024011 100644
--- a/linker/tests/linker_config_test.cpp
+++ b/linker/tests/linker_config_test.cpp
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@
   run_linker_config_smoke_test(false);
 }
 
-TEST(linker_config, asan_smoke) {
-  run_linker_config_smoke_test(true);
-}
+// TODO(b/38114603) revive this test when ld.config.txt is enabled for ASAN mode
+//TEST(linker_config, asan_smoke) {
+//  run_linker_config_smoke_test(true);
+//}