diff --git a/handler/fuchsia/crash_report_exception_handler.cc b/handler/fuchsia/crash_report_exception_handler.cc
index b181cb60..34bed289 100644
--- a/handler/fuchsia/crash_report_exception_handler.cc
+++ b/handler/fuchsia/crash_report_exception_handler.cc
@@ -99,12 +99,15 @@ bool CrashReportExceptionHandler::HandleExceptionHandles(
     const zx::thread& thread,
     const zx::unowned_port& exception_port,
     UUID* local_report_id) {
-  ScopedTaskSuspend suspend(process);
-
-  // Now that the thread has been successfully retrieved, it is possible to
-  // correctly call zx_task_resume_from_exception() to continue exception
-  // processing, even if something else during this function fails.
   ScopedThreadResumeAfterException resume(thread, exception_port);
+  return HandleException(process, thread, local_report_id);
+}
+
+bool CrashReportExceptionHandler::HandleException(
+    const zx::process& process,
+    const zx::thread& thread,
+    UUID* local_report_id) {
+  ScopedTaskSuspend suspend(process);
 
   ProcessSnapshotFuchsia process_snapshot;
   if (!process_snapshot.Initialize(process)) {
diff --git a/handler/fuchsia/crash_report_exception_handler.h b/handler/fuchsia/crash_report_exception_handler.h
index c636fcae..57afe7d0 100644
--- a/handler/fuchsia/crash_report_exception_handler.h
+++ b/handler/fuchsia/crash_report_exception_handler.h
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ class CrashReportExceptionHandler {
   //! \param[out] local_report_id The unique identifier for the report created
   //!     in the local report database. Optional.
   //! \return `true` on success, or `false` with an error logged.
+  //!
+  //! \deprecated Use the port-less version instead and have the caller resume.
   bool HandleException(uint64_t process_id,
                        uint64_t thread_id,
                        const zx::unowned_port& exception_port,
@@ -104,11 +106,27 @@ class CrashReportExceptionHandler {
   //! \param[out] local_report_id The unique identifier for the report created
   //!     in the local report database. Optional.
   //! \return `true` on success, or `false` with an error logged.
+  //!
+  //! \deprecated Use the port-less #HandleException instead.
   bool HandleExceptionHandles(const zx::process& process,
                               const zx::thread& thread,
                               const zx::unowned_port& exception_port,
                               UUID* local_report_id = nullptr);
 
+  //! \brief Called when the exception handler server has caught an exception
+  //!     and wants a crash dump to be taken.
+  //!
+  //! \param[in] process The handle to the process which sustained the
+  //!     exception.
+  //! \param[in] thread The handle to the thread of \a process which sustained
+  //!     the exception.
+  //! \param[out] local_report_id The unique identifier for the report created
+  //!     in the local report database. Optional.
+  //! \return `true` on success, or `false` with an error logged.
+  bool HandleException(const zx::process& process,
+                       const zx::thread& thread,
+                       UUID* local_report_id = nullptr);
+
  private:
   CrashReportDatabase* database_;  // weak
   CrashReportUploadThread* upload_thread_;  // weak