diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_symbolizer_win.cc b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_symbolizer_win.cc
index 4f203a4374bc..e8cf0a8307e7 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_symbolizer_win.cc
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_symbolizer_win.cc
@@ -40,8 +40,13 @@ class WinSymbolizer : public Symbolizer {
         // Anyways, we have to reconfigure stuff to make sure that SymInitialize
         // has all the appropriate options set.
         // Cross our fingers and reinitialize DbgHelp.
-        CHECK(SymCleanup(GetCurrentProcess()));
-        CHECK(TrySymInitialize());
+        Report("*** WARNING: Failed to initialize DbgHelp!              ***\n");
+        Report("*** Most likely this means that the app is already      ***\n");
+        Report("*** using DbgHelp, possibly with incompatible flags.    ***\n");
+        Report("*** Due to technical reasons, symbolization might crash ***\n");
+        Report("*** or produce wrong results.                           ***\n");
+        SymCleanup(GetCurrentProcess());
+        TrySymInitialize();
       }
       initialized_ = true;
     }
diff --git a/compiler-rt/test/asan/TestCases/Windows/report_after_syminitialize.cc b/compiler-rt/test/asan/TestCases/Windows/report_after_syminitialize.cc
index 8a56bf087310..faf5e35db5f5 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/test/asan/TestCases/Windows/report_after_syminitialize.cc
+++ b/compiler-rt/test/asan/TestCases/Windows/report_after_syminitialize.cc
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ int main() {
   if (!SymInitialize(GetCurrentProcess(), 0, FALSE))
     return 42;
 
-  *(int*)0 = 42;
+  *(volatile int*)0 = 42;
   // CHECK: ERROR: AddressSanitizer: access-violation on unknown address
-  // CHECK-NEXT: {{#0 0x.* in main.*report_after_syminitialize.cc:}}[[@LINE-2]]
+  // CHECK-NEXT: {{WARNING: .*DbgHelp}}
+  // CHECK: {{#0 0x.* in main.*report_after_syminitialize.cc:}}[[@LINE-3]]
   // CHECK: AddressSanitizer can not provide additional info.
 }