1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/profman/profile_assistant.cc b/profman/profile_assistant.cc
index 7107944d70..1695d8c3a6 100644
--- a/profman/profile_assistant.cc
+++ b/profman/profile_assistant.cc
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ ProfileAssistant::ProcessingResult ProfileAssistant::ProcessProfilesInternal(
     ProfileCompilationInfo cur_info;
     if (!cur_info.Load(profile_files[i]->Fd(), /*merge_classes=*/ true, filter_fn)) {
       LOG(WARNING) << "Could not load profile file at index " << i;
+      if (options.IsForceMerge()) {
+        // If we have to merge forcefully, ignore load failures.
+        // This is useful for boot image profiles to ignore stale profiles which are
+        // cleared lazily.
+        continue;
+      }
       return kErrorBadProfiles;
     }