diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_common_interceptors.inc b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_common_interceptors.inc
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_common_interceptors.inc
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_common_interceptors.inc
@@ -4404,12 +4404,16 @@
 INTERCEPTOR(int, backtrace, void **buffer, int size) {
   void *ctx;
   COMMON_INTERCEPTOR_ENTER(ctx, backtrace, buffer, size);
-  // FIXME: under ASan the call below may write to freed memory and corrupt
-  // its metadata. See
-  // https://github.com/google/sanitizers/issues/321.
-  int res = REAL(backtrace)(buffer, size);
-  if (res && buffer)
+  // 'buffer' might be freed memory, hence it is unsafe to directly call
+  // REAL(backtrace)(buffer, size). Instead, we use our own known-good
+  // scratch buffer.
+  void **scratch = (void**)InternalAlloc(sizeof(void*) * size);
+  int res = REAL(backtrace)(scratch, size);
+  if (res && buffer) {
     COMMON_INTERCEPTOR_WRITE_RANGE(ctx, buffer, res * sizeof(*buffer));
+    internal_memcpy(buffer, scratch, res * sizeof(*buffer));
+  }
+  InternalFree(scratch);
   return res;
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler-rt/test/asan/TestCases/backtrace_interceptor.cpp b/compiler-rt/test/asan/TestCases/backtrace_interceptor.cpp
--- a/compiler-rt/test/asan/TestCases/backtrace_interceptor.cpp
+++ b/compiler-rt/test/asan/TestCases/backtrace_interceptor.cpp
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
 // restrict the test to glibc.
 // REQUIRES: glibc-2.27
 
-// Interceptor can cause use-after-free
-// (https://github.com/google/sanitizers/issues/321)
-// XFAIL: *
-
 // Test the backtrace() interceptor.
 
 #include <assert.h>
@@ -23,6 +19,8 @@
   assert(buffer != NULL);
   free(buffer);
 
+  // Deliberate use-after-free of 'buffer'. We expect ASan to
+  // catch this, without triggering internal sanitizer errors.
   int numEntries = backtrace(buffer, MAX_BT);
   printf("backtrace returned %d entries\n", numEntries);