diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/android_device.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/android_device.dart
index 1715f655a92e..51ae79a34820 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/android_device.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/android_device.dart
@@ -778,7 +778,12 @@ class AndroidDevice extends Device {
 
   @override
   void clearLogs() {
-    _processUtils.runSync(adbCommandForDevice(<String>['logcat', '-c']));
+     final RunResult result = _processUtils.runSync(adbCommandForDevice(<String>['logcat', '-c']));
+     // Do not log to standard error because that causes test to fail.
+     if (result.exitCode != 0) {
+      _logger.printTrace('"adb logcat -c" failed: exitCode: ${result.exitCode}'
+        ' stdout: ${result.stdout} stderr: ${result.stderr}');
+    }
   }
 
   @override
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/android/android_device_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/android/android_device_test.dart
index 6746dde00996..65ee261afb51 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/android/android_device_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/android/android_device_test.dart
@@ -331,6 +331,18 @@ flutter:
     expect(await device.emulatorId, isNull);
   });
 
+  testWithoutContext('AndroidDevice clearLogs does not crash', () async {
+    final AndroidDevice device = setUpAndroidDevice(
+      processManager: FakeProcessManager.list(<FakeCommand>[
+        const FakeCommand(
+          command: <String>['adb', '-s', '1234', 'logcat', '-c'],
+          exitCode: 1,
+        ),
+      ])
+    );
+    device.clearLogs();
+  });
+
   testWithoutContext('AndroidDevice lastLogcatTimestamp returns null if shell command failed', () async {
     final AndroidDevice device = setUpAndroidDevice(
       processManager: FakeProcessManager.list(<FakeCommand>[