diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-android/src/main/cpp/native-sample.cpp b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-android/src/main/cpp/native-sample.cpp
index abac2bf58f..6b9e6e89d8 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-android/src/main/cpp/native-sample.cpp
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-android/src/main/cpp/native-sample.cpp
@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
 #include <jni.h>
 #include <android/log.h>
 #include <sentry.h>
-#include <signal.h>
 
 #define TAG "sentry-sample"
 
 extern "C" {
 
+// Faults inside this named function so the crashing frame resolves to a real
+// symbol + source line. A bare raise(SIGSEGV) would instead fault in libc and,
+// for a JNI-originated crash, not exercise app-native symbolication.
+[[gnu::noinline]]
+static void trigger_null_deref() {
+    volatile int *ptr = nullptr;
+    *ptr = 42;
+}
+
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_io_sentry_samples_android_NativeSample_crash(JNIEnv *env, jclass cls) {
     __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_WARN, TAG, "About to crash.");
-    raise(SIGSEGV);
+    trigger_null_deref();
 }
 
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_io_sentry_samples_android_NativeSample_message(JNIEnv *env, jclass cls) {