diff --git a/cmds/incidentd/src/Section.cpp b/cmds/incidentd/src/Section.cpp
index 3b57d34c1ea3..d964651aab3a 100644
--- a/cmds/incidentd/src/Section.cpp
+++ b/cmds/incidentd/src/Section.cpp
@@ -319,8 +319,10 @@ status_t GZipSection::Execute(ReportRequestSet* requests) const {
         index++;  // look at the next file.
     }
     VLOG("GZipSection is using file %s, fd=%d", mFilenames[index], fd.get());
-    if (fd.get() == -1) return -1;
-
+    if (fd.get() == -1) {
+      ALOGW("GZipSection %s can't open all the files", this->name.string());
+      return NO_ERROR; // e.g. LAST_KMSG will reach here in user build.
+    }
     FdBuffer buffer;
     Fpipe p2cPipe;
     Fpipe c2pPipe;
diff --git a/cmds/incidentd/tests/PrivacyBuffer_test.cpp b/cmds/incidentd/tests/PrivacyBuffer_test.cpp
index 5edc0c79785b..d12926993d0b 100644
--- a/cmds/incidentd/tests/PrivacyBuffer_test.cpp
+++ b/cmds/incidentd/tests/PrivacyBuffer_test.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const uint8_t STRING_TYPE = 9;
 const uint8_t MESSAGE_TYPE = 11;
 const string STRING_FIELD_0 = "\x02\viamtestdata";
 const string VARINT_FIELD_1 = "\x08\x96\x01";  // 150
-const string STRING_FIELD_2 = "\x12\vwhatthefuck";
+const string STRING_FIELD_2 = "\x12\vandroidwins";
 const string FIX64_FIELD_3 = "\x19\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff";  // -1
 const string FIX32_FIELD_4 = "\x25\xff\xff\xff\xff";                  // -1
 const string MESSAGE_FIELD_5 = "\x2a\x10" + VARINT_FIELD_1 + STRING_FIELD_2;
@@ -274,4 +274,4 @@ TEST_F(PrivacyBufferTest, AutoMessage) {
     autoMsg->children = list;
     string expected = "\x2a\xd" + STRING_FIELD_2;
     assertStripByFields(DEST_AUTOMATIC, expected, 1, autoMsg);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/cmds/incidentd/tests/Section_test.cpp b/cmds/incidentd/tests/Section_test.cpp
index f93839b62dcf..2f6698bc3116 100644
--- a/cmds/incidentd/tests/Section_test.cpp
+++ b/cmds/incidentd/tests/Section_test.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <android-base/file.h>
 #include <android-base/test_utils.h>
 #include <android/os/IncidentReportArgs.h>
+#include <android/util/protobuf.h>
 #include <frameworks/base/libs/incident/proto/android/os/header.pb.h>
 #include <gmock/gmock.h>
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
@@ -31,12 +32,13 @@ const int REVERSE_PARSER = 1;
 const int QUICK_TIMEOUT_MS = 100;
 
 const string VARINT_FIELD_1 = "\x08\x96\x01";  // 150
-const string STRING_FIELD_2 = "\x12\vwhatthefuck";
+const string STRING_FIELD_2 = "\x12\vandroidwins";
 const string FIX64_FIELD_3 = "\x19\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff";  // -1
 
 using namespace android::base;
 using namespace android::binder;
 using namespace android::os;
+using namespace android::util;
 using namespace std;
 using ::testing::StrEq;
 using ::testing::Test;
@@ -154,17 +156,26 @@ TEST_F(SectionTest, GZipSection) {
     requests.setMainDest(android::os::DEST_LOCAL);
 
     ASSERT_EQ(NO_ERROR, gs.Execute(&requests));
-    std::string expect, gzFile, actual;
+    std::string expected, gzFile, actual;
     ASSERT_TRUE(ReadFileToString(testGzFile, &gzFile));
     ASSERT_TRUE(ReadFileToString(tf.path, &actual));
-    expect = "\x2\xC6\x6\n\"" + testFile + "\x12\x9F\x6" + gzFile;
-    EXPECT_THAT(actual, StrEq(expect));
+    // generates the expected protobuf result.
+    size_t fileLen = testFile.size();
+    size_t totalLen = 1 + get_varint_size(fileLen) + fileLen + 3 + gzFile.size();
+    uint8_t header[20];
+    header[0] = '\x2'; // header 0 << 3 + 2
+    uint8_t* ptr = write_raw_varint(header + 1, totalLen);
+    *ptr = '\n'; // header 1 << 3 + 2
+    ptr = write_raw_varint(++ptr, fileLen);
+    expected.assign((const char*)header, ptr - header);
+    expected += testFile + "\x12\x9F\x6" + gzFile;
+    EXPECT_THAT(actual, StrEq(expected));
 }
 
 TEST_F(SectionTest, GZipSectionNoFileFound) {
     GZipSection gs(NOOP_PARSER, "/tmp/nonexist1", "/tmp/nonexist2", NULL);
     requests.setMainFd(STDOUT_FILENO);
-    ASSERT_EQ(-1, gs.Execute(&requests));
+    ASSERT_EQ(NO_ERROR, gs.Execute(&requests));
 }
 
 TEST_F(SectionTest, CommandSectionConstructor) {
diff --git a/core/proto/android/os/incident.proto b/core/proto/android/os/incident.proto
index 0fea0dc1c428..ea0b825b01a8 100644
--- a/core/proto/android/os/incident.proto
+++ b/core/proto/android/os/incident.proto
@@ -175,9 +175,9 @@ message IncidentProto {
     ];
 
     optional GZippedFileProto last_kmsg = 2007 [
-        (section).type = SECTION_NONE, // disable until selinux permission is gained
+        (section).type = SECTION_GZIP,
         (section).args = "/sys/fs/pstore/console-ramoops /sys/fs/pstore/console-ramoops-0 /proc/last_kmsg",
-        (privacy).dest = DEST_AUTOMATIC
+        (privacy).dest = DEST_EXPLICIT
     ];
 
     // System Services