diff --git a/liblog/logger_name.cpp b/liblog/logger_name.cpp
index 3aa6841..ece0550 100644
--- a/liblog/logger_name.cpp
+++ b/liblog/logger_name.cpp
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@
   unsigned int ret;
 
   if (!logName) {
-    return static_cast<log_id_t>(0xFFFFFFFF);
+    return static_cast<log_id_t>(LOG_ID_MAX);
   }
+
   b = strrchr(logName, '/');
   if (!b) {
     b = logName;
@@ -65,5 +66,6 @@
       return static_cast<log_id_t>(ret);
     }
   }
-  return static_cast<log_id_t>(0xFFFFFFFF); /* should never happen */
+
+  return static_cast<log_id_t>(LOG_ID_MAX);
 }
diff --git a/logcat/tests/logcat_test.cpp b/logcat/tests/logcat_test.cpp
index d5c40be..b32b437 100644
--- a/logcat/tests/logcat_test.cpp
+++ b/logcat/tests/logcat_test.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <android-base/file.h>
 #include <android-base/macros.h>
 #include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
+#include <android-base/strings.h>
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 #include <log/event_tag_map.h>
 #include <log/log.h>
@@ -1747,3 +1748,13 @@
     EXPECT_EQ(logcatHelpTextSize * 2, logcatLastHelpTextSize);
 #endif
 }
+
+TEST(logcat, invalid_buffer) {
+  FILE* fp = popen("logcat -b foo 2>&1", "r");
+  ASSERT_NE(nullptr, fp);
+  std::string output;
+  ASSERT_TRUE(android::base::ReadFdToString(fileno(fp), &output));
+  pclose(fp);
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(android::base::StartsWith(output, "unknown buffer foo\n"));
+}