diff --git a/bootstat/boot_event_record_store.cpp b/bootstat/boot_event_record_store.cpp
index ef4f68ec0..346eadae6 100644
--- a/bootstat/boot_event_record_store.cpp
+++ b/bootstat/boot_event_record_store.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <utility>
 #include <android-base/file.h>
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
+#include <android-base/parseint.h>
 #include "histogram_logger.h"
 #include "uptime_parser.h"
 
@@ -57,8 +58,10 @@ bool ParseRecordEventTime(const std::string& path, int32_t* uptime) {
 
   // Ignore existing bootstat records (which do not contain file content).
   if (!content.empty()) {
-    int32_t value = std::stoi(content);
-    bootstat::LogHistogram("bootstat_mtime_matches_content", value == *uptime);
+    int32_t value;
+    if (android::base::ParseInt(content.c_str(), &value)) {
+      bootstat::LogHistogram("bootstat_mtime_matches_content", value == *uptime);
+    }
   }
 
   return true;
diff --git a/bootstat/bootstat.cpp b/bootstat/bootstat.cpp
index 08fc5aff1..26e0ffc53 100644
--- a/bootstat/bootstat.cpp
+++ b/bootstat/bootstat.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
+#include <android-base/parseint.h>
 #include <cutils/properties.h>
 #include <log/log.h>
 #include "boot_event_record_store.h"
@@ -147,7 +148,10 @@ std::string CalculateBootCompletePrefix() {
   std::string boot_complete_prefix = "boot_complete";
 
   std::string build_date_str = GetProperty("ro.build.date.utc");
-  int32_t build_date = std::stoi(build_date_str);
+  int32_t build_date;
+  if (!android::base::ParseInt(build_date_str.c_str(), &build_date)) {
+    return std::string();
+  }
 
   BootEventRecordStore boot_event_store;
   BootEventRecordStore::BootEventRecord record;
@@ -171,6 +175,10 @@ void RecordBootComplete() {
   // ota_boot_complete.  The latter signifies that the device is booting after
   // a system update.
   std::string boot_complete_prefix = CalculateBootCompletePrefix();
+  if (boot_complete_prefix.empty()) {
+    // The system is hosed because the build date property could not be read.
+    return;
+  }
 
   // post_decrypt_time_elapsed is only logged on encrypted devices.
   if (boot_event_store.GetBootEvent("post_decrypt_time_elapsed", &record)) {