diff --git a/debuggerd/client/debuggerd_client.cpp b/debuggerd/client/debuggerd_client.cpp
index 81d70df..f2975d1 100644
--- a/debuggerd/client/debuggerd_client.cpp
+++ b/debuggerd/client/debuggerd_client.cpp
@@ -45,42 +45,6 @@
   return true;
 }
 
-static bool check_dumpable(pid_t pid) {
-  // /proc/<pid> is owned by the effective UID of the process.
-  // Ownership of most of the other files in /proc/<pid> varies based on PR_SET_DUMPABLE.
-  // If PR_GET_DUMPABLE would return 0, they're owned by root, instead.
-  std::string proc_pid_path = android::base::StringPrintf("/proc/%d/", pid);
-  std::string proc_pid_status_path = proc_pid_path + "/status";
-
-  unique_fd proc_pid_fd(open(proc_pid_path.c_str(), O_DIRECTORY | O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC));
-  if (proc_pid_fd == -1) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  unique_fd proc_pid_status_fd(openat(proc_pid_fd, "status", O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC));
-  if (proc_pid_status_fd == -1) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  struct stat proc_pid_st;
-  struct stat proc_pid_status_st;
-  if (fstat(proc_pid_fd.get(), &proc_pid_st) != 0 ||
-      fstat(proc_pid_status_fd.get(), &proc_pid_status_st) != 0) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  // We can't figure out if a process is dumpable if its effective UID is root, but that's fine
-  // because being root bypasses the PR_SET_DUMPABLE check for ptrace.
-  if (proc_pid_st.st_uid == 0) {
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  if (proc_pid_status_st.st_uid == 0) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  return true;
-}
-
 bool debuggerd_trigger_dump(pid_t pid, unique_fd output_fd, DebuggerdDumpType dump_type,
                             int timeout_ms) {
   LOG(INFO) << "libdebuggerd_client: started dumping process " << pid;
@@ -114,11 +78,6 @@
     return true;
   };
 
-  if (!check_dumpable(pid)) {
-    dprintf(output_fd.get(), "target pid %d is not dumpable\n", pid);
-    return true;
-  }
-
   sockfd.reset(socket(AF_LOCAL, SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0));
   if (sockfd == -1) {
     PLOG(ERROR) << "libdebugger_client: failed to create socket";
diff --git a/init/init.cpp b/init/init.cpp
index bddf005..ad40426 100644
--- a/init/init.cpp
+++ b/init/init.cpp
@@ -790,6 +790,12 @@
 
 /* Early mount vendor and ODM partitions. The fstab is read from device-tree. */
 static bool early_mount() {
+    // skip early mount if we're in recovery mode
+    if (access("/sbin/recovery", F_OK) == 0) {
+        LOG(INFO) << "Early mount skipped (recovery mode)";
+        return true;
+    }
+
     // first check if device tree fstab entries are compatible
     if (!is_dt_fstab_compatible()) {
         LOG(INFO) << "Early mount skipped (missing/incompatible fstab in device tree)";