diff --git a/liblog/logprint.c b/liblog/logprint.c
index 02df8ddd6..7f02b4690 100644
--- a/liblog/logprint.c
+++ b/liblog/logprint.c
@@ -512,8 +512,18 @@ LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int android_log_processLogBuffer(
     }
 
     if (msgStart == -1) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "+++ LOG: malformed log message\n");
-        return -1;
+        /* +++ LOG: malformed log message, DYB */
+        for (i = 1; i < buf->len; i++) {
+            /* odd characters in tag? */
+            if ((msg[i] <= ' ') || (msg[i] == ':') || (msg[i] >= 0x7f)) {
+                msg[i] = '\0';
+                msgStart = i + 1;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        if (msgStart == -1) {
+            msgStart = buf->len - 1; /* All tag, no message, print truncates */
+        }
     }
     if (msgEnd == -1) {
         /* incoming message not null-terminated; force it */
diff --git a/liblog/tests/liblog_test.cpp b/liblog/tests/liblog_test.cpp
index 2767f73b0..ca2cda277 100644
--- a/liblog/tests/liblog_test.cpp
+++ b/liblog/tests/liblog_test.cpp
@@ -1062,8 +1062,10 @@ TEST(liblog, __android_log_buf_print__maxtag) {
             fflush(stderr);
             int printLogLine =
                     android_log_printLogLine(logformat, fileno(stderr), &entry);
+            // Legacy tag truncation
             EXPECT_LE(128, printLogLine);
-            EXPECT_GT(LOGGER_ENTRY_MAX_PAYLOAD, printLogLine);
+            // Measured maximum if we try to print part of the tag as message
+            EXPECT_GT(LOGGER_ENTRY_MAX_PAYLOAD * 13 / 8, printLogLine);
         }
         android_log_format_free(logformat);
     }