diff --git a/libs/binder/IPCThreadState.cpp b/libs/binder/IPCThreadState.cpp
index 7c45c77..c666097 100644
--- a/libs/binder/IPCThreadState.cpp
+++ b/libs/binder/IPCThreadState.cpp
@@ -597,9 +597,8 @@
         result = getAndExecuteCommand();
 
         if (result < NO_ERROR && result != TIMED_OUT && result != -ECONNREFUSED && result != -EBADF) {
-            ALOGE("getAndExecuteCommand(fd=%d) returned unexpected error %d, aborting",
+            LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL("getAndExecuteCommand(fd=%d) returned unexpected error %d, aborting",
                   mProcess->mDriverFD, result);
-            abort();
         }
 
         // Let this thread exit the thread pool if it is no longer
diff --git a/libs/binder/Parcel.cpp b/libs/binder/Parcel.cpp
index ee26997..a6b41e4 100644
--- a/libs/binder/Parcel.cpp
+++ b/libs/binder/Parcel.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 
 static size_t pad_size(size_t s) {
     if (s > (std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max() - 3)) {
-        abort();
+        LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL("pad size too big %zu", s);
     }
     return PAD_SIZE_UNSAFE(s);
 }
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
 {
     size_t result = dataSize() - dataPosition();
     if (result > INT32_MAX) {
-        abort();
+        LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL("result too big: %zu", result);
     }
     return result;
 }
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
     if (pos > INT32_MAX) {
         // don't accept size_t values which may have come from an
         // inadvertent conversion from a negative int.
-        abort();
+        LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL("pos too big: %zu", pos);
     }
 
     mDataPos = pos;