diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_process.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_process.cc
index 7b1773f0e..03000a21d 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_process.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_process.cc
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static const char * const process_listing[] =
   "ctty",
   "stat",
   "statm",
-  "qmdline",
+  "cmdline",
   NULL
 };
 
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc b/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
index 7810c043a..0f9510fda 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
@@ -234,8 +234,6 @@ pinfo::init (pid_t n, DWORD flag, HANDLE in_h)
 bool
 _pinfo::alive ()
 {
-  if (!dwProcessId)
-    return 0;
   HANDLE h = OpenProcess (PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION, false, dwProcessId);
   if (h)
     CloseHandle (h);