diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_process.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_process.cc
index 97436dd1b..08cc7ea92 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_process.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_process.cc
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ format_process_root (void *data, char *&destbuf)
       cfree (destbuf);
       destbuf = NULL;
     }
-  destbuf = p->root (fs);
+  destbuf = p ? p->root (fs) : NULL;
   if (!destbuf || !*destbuf)
     {
       destbuf = cstrdup ("<defunct>");
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc b/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
index bba9ee494..9fe1b3a88 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ char *
 _pinfo::root (size_t& n)
 {
   char *s;
-  if (!this || !pid)
+  if (!pid)
     return NULL;
   if (pid != myself->pid && !ISSTATE (this, PID_NOTCYGWIN))
     {