diff --git a/base/metrics/persistent_histogram_allocator.cc b/base/metrics/persistent_histogram_allocator.cc
index 403bb11ca0a02..cae7ea5073641 100644
--- a/base/metrics/persistent_histogram_allocator.cc
+++ b/base/metrics/persistent_histogram_allocator.cc
@@ -753,6 +753,15 @@ PersistentHistogramAllocator::GetOrCreateStatisticsRecorderHistogram(
     return nullptr;
   }
 
+  // DeserializeHistogramInfo() can return the static DummyHistogram singleton
+  // (e.g. when InspectConstructionArguments() rejects renderer-supplied
+  // parameters). The singleton lives in NoDestructor<> static storage and must
+  // never be passed to RegisterOrDeleteDuplicate(), which `delete`s
+  // already-registered objects. Treat it the same as a deserialization failure.
+  if (existing->GetHistogramType() == DUMMY_HISTOGRAM) {
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+
   // Make sure there is no "serialization" flag set.
   DCHECK(!existing->HasFlags(HistogramBase::kIPCSerializationSourceFlag));
   // Record the newly created histogram in the SR.