diff --git a/library/std/src/panicking.rs b/library/std/src/panicking.rs
index 4b07b393a2f5a..d4976a469cc15 100644
--- a/library/std/src/panicking.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/panicking.rs
@@ -308,6 +308,14 @@ pub mod panic_count {
     // Additionally, the top bit of GLOBAL_PANIC_COUNT (GLOBAL_ALWAYS_ABORT_FLAG)
     // records whether panic::always_abort() has been called.  This can only be
     // set, never cleared.
+    // panic::always_abort() is usually called to prevent memory allocations done by
+    // the panic handling in the child created by `libc::fork`.
+    // Memory allocations performed in  a child created with `libc::fork` are undefined
+    // behavior in most operating systems.
+    // Accessing LOCAL_PANIC_COUNT in a child created by `libc::fork` would lead to a memory
+    // allocation. Only GLOBAL_PANIC_COUNT can be accessed in this situation. This is
+    // sufficient because a child process will always have exactly one thread only.
+    // See also #85261 for details.
     //
     // This could be viewed as a struct containing a single bit and an n-1-bit
     // value, but if we wrote it like that it would be more than a single word,
@@ -318,15 +326,26 @@ pub mod panic_count {
     // panicking thread consumes at least 2 bytes of address space.
     static GLOBAL_PANIC_COUNT: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
 
+    // Return the state of the ALWAYS_ABORT_FLAG and number of panics.
+    //
+    // If ALWAYS_ABORT_FLAG is not set, the number is determined on a per-thread
+    // base (stored in LOCAL_PANIC_COUNT), i.e. it is the amount of recursive calls
+    // of the calling thread.
+    // If ALWAYS_ABORT_FLAG is set, the number equals the *global* number of panic
+    // calls. See above why LOCAL_PANIC_COUNT is not used.
     pub fn increase() -> (bool, usize) {
-        (
-            GLOBAL_PANIC_COUNT.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed) & ALWAYS_ABORT_FLAG != 0,
+        let global_count = GLOBAL_PANIC_COUNT.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        let must_abort = global_count & ALWAYS_ABORT_FLAG != 0;
+        let panics = if must_abort {
+            global_count & !ALWAYS_ABORT_FLAG
+        } else {
             LOCAL_PANIC_COUNT.with(|c| {
                 let next = c.get() + 1;
                 c.set(next);
                 next
-            }),
-        )
+            })
+        };
+        (must_abort, panics)
     }
 
     pub fn decrease() {
diff --git a/src/test/ui/process/process-panic-after-fork.rs b/src/test/ui/process/process-panic-after-fork.rs
index d0a938c03e803..6d4d24922253d 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/process/process-panic-after-fork.rs
+++ b/src/test/ui/process/process-panic-after-fork.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 // ignore-sgx no libc
 // ignore-emscripten no processes
 // ignore-sgx no processes
-// ignore-android: FIXME(#85261)
 // ignore-fuchsia no fork
 
 #![feature(rustc_private)]
@@ -79,7 +78,49 @@ unsafe impl<A:GlobalAlloc> GlobalAlloc for PidChecking<A> {
 fn expect_aborted(status: ExitStatus) {
     dbg!(status);
     let signal = status.signal().expect("expected child process to die of signal");
+
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
     assert!(signal == libc::SIGABRT || signal == libc::SIGILL || signal == libc::SIGTRAP);
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "android")]
+    {
+        // Android signals an abort() call with SIGSEGV at address 0xdeadbaad
+        // See e.g. https://groups.google.com/g/android-ndk/c/laW1CJc7Icc
+        assert!(signal == libc::SIGSEGV);
+
+        // Additional checks performed:
+        // 1. Find last tombstone (similar to coredump but in text format) from the
+        //    same executable (path) as we are (must be because of usage of fork):
+        //    This ensures that we look into the correct tombstone.
+        // 2. Cause of crash is a SIGSEGV with address 0xdeadbaad.
+        // 3. libc::abort call is in one of top two functions on callstack.
+        // The last two steps distinguish between a normal SIGSEGV and one caused
+        // by libc::abort.
+
+        let this_exe = std::env::current_exe().unwrap().into_os_string().into_string().unwrap();
+        let exe_string = format!(">>> {this_exe} <<<");
+        let tombstone = (0..100)
+            .map(|n| format!("/data/tombstones/tombstone_{n:02}"))
+            .filter(|f| std::path::Path::new(&f).exists())
+            .map(|f| std::fs::read_to_string(&f).expect("Cannot read tombstone file"))
+            .filter(|f| f.contains(&exe_string))
+            .last()
+            .expect("no tombstone found");
+
+        println!("Content of tombstone:\n{tombstone}");
+
+        assert!(
+            tombstone.contains("signal 11 (SIGSEGV), code 1 (SEGV_MAPERR), fault addr deadbaad")
+        );
+        let abort_on_top = tombstone
+            .lines()
+            .skip_while(|l| !l.contains("backtrace:"))
+            .skip(1)
+            .take_while(|l| l.starts_with("    #"))
+            .take(2)
+            .any(|f| f.contains("/system/lib/libc.so (abort"));
+        assert!(abort_on_top);
+    }
 }
 
 fn main() {