diff --git a/init/uevent_listener.cpp b/init/uevent_listener.cpp
index d8d9b36ff..7cd396a8b 100644
--- a/init/uevent_listener.cpp
+++ b/init/uevent_listener.cpp
@@ -95,20 +95,18 @@ UeventListener::UeventListener(size_t uevent_socket_rcvbuf_size) {
     fcntl(device_fd_, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
 }
 
-bool UeventListener::ReadUevent(Uevent* uevent) const {
+ReadUeventResult UeventListener::ReadUevent(Uevent* uevent) const {
     char msg[UEVENT_MSG_LEN + 2];
     int n = uevent_kernel_multicast_recv(device_fd_, msg, UEVENT_MSG_LEN);
     if (n <= 0) {
         if (errno != EAGAIN && errno != EWOULDBLOCK) {
             PLOG(ERROR) << "Error reading from Uevent Fd";
         }
-        return false;
+        return ReadUeventResult::kFailed;
     }
     if (n >= UEVENT_MSG_LEN) {
         LOG(ERROR) << "Uevent overflowed buffer, discarding";
-        // Return true here even if we discard as we may have more uevents pending and we
-        // want to keep processing them.
-        return true;
+        return ReadUeventResult::kInvalid;
     }
 
     msg[n] = '\0';
@@ -116,7 +114,7 @@ bool UeventListener::ReadUevent(Uevent* uevent) const {
 
     ParseEvent(msg, uevent);
 
-    return true;
+    return ReadUeventResult::kSuccess;
 }
 
 // RegenerateUevents*() walks parts of the /sys tree and pokes the uevent files to cause the kernel
@@ -137,7 +135,10 @@ ListenerAction UeventListener::RegenerateUeventsForDir(DIR* d,
         close(fd);
 
         Uevent uevent;
-        while (ReadUevent(&uevent)) {
+        ReadUeventResult result;
+        while ((result = ReadUevent(&uevent)) != ReadUeventResult::kFailed) {
+            // Skip processing the uevent if it is invalid.
+            if (result == ReadUeventResult::kInvalid) continue;
             if (callback(uevent) == ListenerAction::kStop) return ListenerAction::kStop;
         }
     }
@@ -212,7 +213,10 @@ void UeventListener::Poll(const ListenerCallback& callback,
             // We're non-blocking, so if we receive a poll event keep processing until
             // we have exhausted all uevent messages.
             Uevent uevent;
-            while (ReadUevent(&uevent)) {
+            ReadUeventResult result;
+            while ((result = ReadUevent(&uevent)) != ReadUeventResult::kFailed) {
+                // Skip processing the uevent if it is invalid.
+                if (result == ReadUeventResult::kInvalid) continue;
                 if (callback(uevent) == ListenerAction::kStop) return;
             }
         }
diff --git a/init/uevent_listener.h b/init/uevent_listener.h
index f9f954aa0..277286064 100644
--- a/init/uevent_listener.h
+++ b/init/uevent_listener.h
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ enum class ListenerAction {
     kContinue,  // Continue regenerating uevents as we haven't seen the one(s) we're interested in.
 };
 
+enum class ReadUeventResult {
+    kSuccess = 0,  // Uevent was successfully read.
+    kFailed,       // Uevent reading has failed.
+    kInvalid,      // An Invalid Uevent was read (like say, the msg received is >= UEVENT_MSG_LEN).
+};
+
 using ListenerCallback = std::function<ListenerAction(const Uevent&)>;
 
 class UeventListener {
@@ -50,7 +56,7 @@ class UeventListener {
               const std::optional<std::chrono::milliseconds> relative_timeout = {}) const;
 
   private:
-    bool ReadUevent(Uevent* uevent) const;
+    ReadUeventResult ReadUevent(Uevent* uevent) const;
     ListenerAction RegenerateUeventsForDir(DIR* d, const ListenerCallback& callback) const;
 
     android::base::unique_fd device_fd_;