diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_process.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_process.cc
index 7f122fbe4..360d8ea81 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_process.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_process.cc
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ format_process_fd (void *data, char *&destbuf)
 	  set_errno (ENOENT);
 	  return 0;
 	}
-      destbuf = p->fd (fd, fs);
+      destbuf = p ? p->fd (fd, fs) : NULL;
       if (!destbuf || !*destbuf)
 	{
 	  set_errno (ENOENT);
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc b/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
index 72aa658eb..044c4fc3c 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ char *
 _pinfo::fd (int fd, size_t &n)
 {
   char *s;
-  if (!this || !pid)
+  if (!pid)
     return NULL;
   if (pid != myself->pid)
     {