diff --git a/base/include/android-base/logging.h b/base/include/android-base/logging.h
index 39f4689..e8b445f 100644
--- a/base/include/android-base/logging.h
+++ b/base/include/android-base/logging.h
@@ -201,14 +201,13 @@
 #define CHECK_GT(x, y) CHECK_OP(x, y, > )
 
 // Helper for CHECK_STRxx(s1,s2) macros.
-#define CHECK_STROP(s1, s2, sense)                                         \
-  if (LIKELY((strcmp(s1, s2) == 0) == (sense)))                            \
-    ;                                                                      \
-  else                                                                     \
-    ABORT_AFTER_LOG_FATAL                                                  \
-    LOG(FATAL) << "Check failed: "                                         \
-               << "\"" << (s1) << "\""                                     \
-               << ((sense) ? " == " : " != ") << "\"" << (s2) << "\""
+#define CHECK_STROP(s1, s2, sense)                                             \
+  while (UNLIKELY((strcmp(s1, s2) == 0) != (sense)))                           \
+    ABORT_AFTER_LOG_FATAL                                                      \
+    ::android::base::LogMessage(__FILE__, __LINE__, ::android::base::DEFAULT,  \
+                                ::android::base::FATAL, -1).stream()           \
+        << "Check failed: " << "\"" << (s1) << "\""                            \
+        << ((sense) ? " == " : " != ") << "\"" << (s2) << "\""
 
 // Check for string (const char*) equality between s1 and s2, LOG(FATAL) if not.
 #define CHECK_STREQ(s1, s2) CHECK_STROP(s1, s2, true)
diff --git a/base/logging_test.cpp b/base/logging_test.cpp
index 02a9198..8813525 100644
--- a/base/logging_test.cpp
+++ b/base/logging_test.cpp
@@ -120,6 +120,28 @@
   EXPECT_FALSE(flag) << "CHECK_STREQ probably has a dangling if with no else";
 }
 
+TEST(logging, DCHECK) {
+  if (android::base::kEnableDChecks) {
+    ASSERT_DEATH({SuppressAbortUI(); DCHECK(false);}, "DCheck failed: false ");
+  }
+  DCHECK(true);
+
+  if (android::base::kEnableDChecks) {
+    ASSERT_DEATH({SuppressAbortUI(); DCHECK_EQ(0, 1);}, "DCheck failed: 0 == 1 ");
+  }
+  DCHECK_EQ(0, 0);
+
+  if (android::base::kEnableDChecks) {
+    ASSERT_DEATH({SuppressAbortUI(); DCHECK_STREQ("foo", "bar");},
+                 R"(DCheck failed: "foo" == "bar")");
+  }
+  DCHECK_STREQ("foo", "foo");
+
+  // No testing whether we have a dangling else, possibly. That's inherent to the if (constexpr)
+  // setup we intentionally chose to force type-checks of debug code even in release builds (so
+  // we don't get more bit-rot).
+}
+
 static std::string make_log_pattern(android::base::LogSeverity severity,
                                     const char* message) {
   static const char log_characters[] = "VDIWEFF";