diff --git a/liblog/logger_write.cpp b/liblog/logger_write.cpp
index cf82e0f..1b6b0c6 100644
--- a/liblog/logger_write.cpp
+++ b/liblog/logger_write.cpp
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
     return 0;
   }
 
-  char buf[LOG_BUF_SIZE];
+  __attribute__((uninitialized)) char buf[LOG_BUF_SIZE];
 
   vsnprintf(buf, LOG_BUF_SIZE, fmt, ap);
 
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
   }
 
   va_list ap;
-  char buf[LOG_BUF_SIZE];
+  __attribute__((uninitialized)) char buf[LOG_BUF_SIZE];
 
   va_start(ap, fmt);
   vsnprintf(buf, LOG_BUF_SIZE, fmt, ap);
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@
   }
 
   va_list ap;
-  char buf[LOG_BUF_SIZE];
+  __attribute__((uninitialized)) char buf[LOG_BUF_SIZE];
 
   va_start(ap, fmt);
   vsnprintf(buf, LOG_BUF_SIZE, fmt, ap);
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@
 }
 
 void __android_log_assert(const char* cond, const char* tag, const char* fmt, ...) {
-  char buf[LOG_BUF_SIZE];
+  __attribute__((uninitialized)) char buf[LOG_BUF_SIZE];
 
   if (fmt) {
     va_list ap;
diff --git a/liblog/tests/liblog_benchmark.cpp b/liblog/tests/liblog_benchmark.cpp
index 39ac7a5..4366f3d 100644
--- a/liblog/tests/liblog_benchmark.cpp
+++ b/liblog/tests/liblog_benchmark.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <unordered_set>
 
 #include <android-base/file.h>
+#include <android-base/properties.h>
 #include <benchmark/benchmark.h>
 #include <cutils/sockets.h>
 #include <log/event_tag_map.h>
@@ -1025,3 +1026,14 @@
   }
 }
 BENCHMARK(BM_lookupEventTagNum_logd_existing);
+
+static void BM_log_verbose_overhead(benchmark::State& state) {
+  std::string test_log_tag = "liblog_verbose_tag";
+  android::base::SetProperty("log.tag." + test_log_tag, "I");
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_VERBOSE, test_log_tag.c_str(), "%s test log message %d %d",
+                        "test test", 123, 456);
+  }
+  android::base::SetProperty("log.tag." + test_log_tag, "");
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_log_verbose_overhead);