diff --git a/libmeminfo/include/meminfo/procmeminfo.h b/libmeminfo/include/meminfo/procmeminfo.h
index 4cce133ae..0b66074aa 100644
--- a/libmeminfo/include/meminfo/procmeminfo.h
+++ b/libmeminfo/include/meminfo/procmeminfo.h
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ class ProcMemInfo final {
     //   private_dirty
     //   SwapPss
     // All other fields of MemUsage are zeroed.
-    bool SmapsOrRollup(bool use_rollup, MemUsage* stats) const;
+    bool SmapsOrRollup(MemUsage* stats) const;
 
     // Used to parse either of /proc/<pid>/{smaps, smaps_rollup} and record the process's
-    // Pss. The 'use_rollup' parameter decides which file is to be tried.
+    // Pss.
     // Returns 'true' on success and the value of Pss in the out parameter.
-    bool SmapsOrRollupPss(bool use_rollup, uint64_t* pss) const;
+    bool SmapsOrRollupPss(uint64_t* pss) const;
 
     const std::vector<uint16_t>& SwapOffsets();
 
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ class ProcMemInfo final {
 // same format as /proc/<pid>/smaps. Returns 'false' if the file is malformed.
 bool ForEachVmaFromFile(const std::string& path, const VmaCallback& callback);
 
+// Returns if the kernel supports /proc/<pid>/smaps_rollup. Assumes that the
+// calling process has access to the /proc/<pid>/smaps_rollup.
+// Returns 'false' if the calling process has no permission to read the file if it exists
+// of if the file doesn't exist.
+bool IsSmapsRollupSupported(pid_t pid);
+
 // Same as ProcMemInfo::SmapsOrRollup but reads the statistics directly
 // from a file. The file MUST be in the same format as /proc/<pid>/smaps
 // or /proc/<pid>/smaps_rollup
diff --git a/libmeminfo/libmeminfo_test.cpp b/libmeminfo/libmeminfo_test.cpp
index 796a7d0fe..e689a2679 100644
--- a/libmeminfo/libmeminfo_test.cpp
+++ b/libmeminfo/libmeminfo_test.cpp
@@ -284,13 +284,22 @@ TEST(TestProcMemInfo, SwapOffsetsEmpty) {
     EXPECT_EQ(swap_offsets.size(), 0);
 }
 
+TEST(TestProcMemInfo, IsSmapsSupportedTest) {
+    std::string path = ::android::base::StringPrintf("/proc/%d/smaps_rollup", pid);
+    bool supported = IsSmapsRollupSupported(pid);
+    EXPECT_EQ(!access(path.c_str(), F_OK | R_OK), supported);
+    // Second call must return what the first one returned regardless of the pid parameter.
+    // So, deliberately pass invalid pid.
+    EXPECT_EQ(supported, IsSmapsRollupSupported(-1));
+}
+
 TEST(TestProcMemInfo, SmapsOrRollupReturn) {
     // if /proc/<pid>/smaps_rollup file exists, .SmapsRollup() must return true;
     // false otherwise
     std::string path = ::android::base::StringPrintf("/proc/%d/smaps_rollup", pid);
     ProcMemInfo proc_mem(pid);
     MemUsage stats;
-    EXPECT_EQ(!access(path.c_str(), F_OK), proc_mem.SmapsOrRollup(true, &stats));
+    EXPECT_EQ(!access(path.c_str(), F_OK), proc_mem.SmapsOrRollup(&stats));
 }
 
 TEST(TestProcMemInfo, SmapsOrRollupTest) {
diff --git a/libmeminfo/procmeminfo.cpp b/libmeminfo/procmeminfo.cpp
index f72d46964..347a293a9 100644
--- a/libmeminfo/procmeminfo.cpp
+++ b/libmeminfo/procmeminfo.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include <atomic>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <memory>
@@ -172,15 +173,15 @@ bool ProcMemInfo::ForEachVma(const VmaCallback& callback) {
     return ForEachVmaFromFile(path, callback);
 }
 
-bool ProcMemInfo::SmapsOrRollup(bool use_rollup, MemUsage* stats) const {
-    std::string path = ::android::base::StringPrintf("/proc/%d/%s", pid_,
-                                                     use_rollup ? "smaps_rollup" : "smaps");
+bool ProcMemInfo::SmapsOrRollup(MemUsage* stats) const {
+    std::string path = ::android::base::StringPrintf(
+            "/proc/%d/%s", pid_, IsSmapsRollupSupported(pid_) ? "smaps_rollup" : "smaps");
     return SmapsOrRollupFromFile(path, stats);
-};
+}
 
-bool ProcMemInfo::SmapsOrRollupPss(bool use_rollup, uint64_t* pss) const {
-    std::string path = ::android::base::StringPrintf("/proc/%d/%s", pid_,
-                                                     use_rollup ? "smaps_rollup" : "smaps");
+bool ProcMemInfo::SmapsOrRollupPss(uint64_t* pss) const {
+    std::string path = ::android::base::StringPrintf(
+            "/proc/%d/%s", pid_, IsSmapsRollupSupported(pid_) ? "smaps_rollup" : "smaps");
     return SmapsOrRollupPssFromFile(path, pss);
 }
 
@@ -374,6 +375,31 @@ bool ForEachVmaFromFile(const std::string& path, const VmaCallback& callback) {
     return true;
 }
 
+enum smaps_rollup_support { UNTRIED, SUPPORTED, UNSUPPORTED };
+
+static std::atomic<smaps_rollup_support> g_rollup_support = UNTRIED;
+
+bool IsSmapsRollupSupported(pid_t pid) {
+    // Similar to OpenSmapsOrRollup checks from android_os_Debug.cpp, except
+    // the method only checks if rollup is supported and returns the status
+    // right away.
+    enum smaps_rollup_support rollup_support = g_rollup_support.load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
+    if (rollup_support != UNTRIED) {
+        return rollup_support == SUPPORTED;
+    }
+    std::string rollup_file = ::android::base::StringPrintf("/proc/%d/smaps_rollup", pid);
+    if (access(rollup_file.c_str(), F_OK | R_OK)) {
+        // No check for errno = ENOENT necessary here. The caller MUST fallback to
+        // using /proc/<pid>/smaps instead anyway.
+        g_rollup_support.store(UNSUPPORTED, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    g_rollup_support.store(SUPPORTED, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+    LOG(INFO) << "Using smaps_rollup for pss collection";
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool SmapsOrRollupFromFile(const std::string& path, MemUsage* stats) {
     auto fp = std::unique_ptr<FILE, decltype(&fclose)>{fopen(path.c_str(), "re"), fclose};
     if (fp == nullptr) {