diff --git a/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.cpp b/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.cpp
index 279c010..f74fe39 100644
--- a/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.cpp
+++ b/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 static std::unique_ptr<ZipWriter> zip_writer;
 static std::set<std::string> mount_points;
 void add_mountinfo();
-static int control_socket_fd;
+int control_socket_fd = -1;
 /* suffix of the bugreport files - it's typically the date (when invoked with -d),
  * although it could be changed by the user using a system property */
 static std::string suffix;
@@ -1196,6 +1196,7 @@
     if (use_control_socket) {
         MYLOGD("Opening control socket\n");
         control_socket_fd = open_socket("dumpstate");
+        do_update_progress = 1;
     }
 
     /* full path of the temporary file containing the bugreport */
@@ -1268,7 +1269,7 @@
             add_text_zip_entry("version.txt", version);
         }
 
-        if (do_update_progress) {
+        if (do_update_progress && do_broadcast) {
             std::vector<std::string> am_args = {
                  "--receiver-permission", "android.permission.DUMP", "--receiver-foreground",
                  "--es", "android.intent.extra.NAME", suffix,
@@ -1492,9 +1493,9 @@
         fclose(stderr);
     }
 
-    if (use_control_socket && control_socket_fd >= 0) {
-        MYLOGD("Closing control socket\n");
-        close(control_socket_fd);
+    if (use_control_socket && control_socket_fd != -1) {
+      MYLOGD("Closing control socket\n");
+      close(control_socket_fd);
     }
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.h b/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.h
index 4769974..5e083cc 100644
--- a/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.h
+++ b/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
  * It would be better to take advantage of the C++ migration and encapsulate the state in an object,
  * but that will be better handled in a major C++ refactoring, which would also get rid of other C
  * idioms (like using std::string instead of char*, removing varargs, etc...) */
-extern int do_update_progress, progress, weight_total;
+extern int do_update_progress, progress, weight_total, control_socket_fd;
 
 /* full path of the directory where the bugreport files will be written */
 extern std::string bugreport_dir;
diff --git a/cmds/dumpstate/utils.cpp b/cmds/dumpstate/utils.cpp
index 3c39129..fd6413d 100644
--- a/cmds/dumpstate/utils.cpp
+++ b/cmds/dumpstate/utils.cpp
@@ -1214,6 +1214,11 @@
         fprintf(stderr, "Setting progress (%s): %s/%d\n", key, value, weight_total);
     }
 
+    if (control_socket_fd >= 0) {
+        dprintf(control_socket_fd, "PROGRESS:%d/%d\n", progress, weight_total);
+        fsync(control_socket_fd);
+    }
+
     int status = property_set(key, value);
     if (status) {
         MYLOGE("Could not update progress by setting system property %s to %s: %d\n",