diff --git a/runtime/native_stack_dump.cc b/runtime/native_stack_dump.cc
index ec94552..91dadbf 100644
--- a/runtime/native_stack_dump.cc
+++ b/runtime/native_stack_dump.cc
@@ -385,6 +385,10 @@
 
   std::vector<std::string> kernel_stack_frames;
   Split(kernel_stack, '\n', &kernel_stack_frames);
+  if (kernel_stack_frames.empty()) {
+    os << prefix << "(" << kernel_stack_filename << " is empty)\n";
+    return;
+  }
   // We skip the last stack frame because it's always equivalent to "[<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff",
   // which looking at the source appears to be the kernel's way of saying "that's all, folks!".
   kernel_stack_frames.pop_back();