diff --git a/linux/LinuxProcess.c b/linux/LinuxProcess.c
index c70efbbf..b2c4838f 100644
--- a/linux/LinuxProcess.c
+++ b/linux/LinuxProcess.c
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ typedef enum LinuxProcessFields {
 
 typedef struct LinuxProcess_ {
    Process super;
+   bool isKernelThread;
    IOPriority ioPriority;
    unsigned long int cminflt;
    unsigned long int cmajflt;
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ typedef struct LinuxProcess_ {
 } LinuxProcess;
 
 #ifndef Process_isKernelThread
-#define Process_isKernelThread(_process) (_process->pgrp == 0)
+#define Process_isKernelThread(_process) ((LinuxProcess*)(_process)->isKernelThread)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef Process_isUserlandThread
diff --git a/linux/LinuxProcess.h b/linux/LinuxProcess.h
index 6abcb127..bf6ff422 100644
--- a/linux/LinuxProcess.h
+++ b/linux/LinuxProcess.h
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ typedef enum LinuxProcessFields {
 
 typedef struct LinuxProcess_ {
    Process super;
+   bool isKernelThread;
    IOPriority ioPriority;
    unsigned long int cminflt;
    unsigned long int cmajflt;
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ typedef struct LinuxProcess_ {
 } LinuxProcess;
 
 #ifndef Process_isKernelThread
-#define Process_isKernelThread(_process) (_process->pgrp == 0)
+#define Process_isKernelThread(_process) (((LinuxProcess*)(_process))->isKernelThread)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef Process_isUserlandThread
diff --git a/linux/LinuxProcessList.c b/linux/LinuxProcessList.c
index b89477eb..29ad4b7b 100644
--- a/linux/LinuxProcessList.c
+++ b/linux/LinuxProcessList.c
@@ -748,9 +748,6 @@ static void setCommand(Process* process, const char* command, int len) {
 }
 
 static bool LinuxProcessList_readCmdlineFile(Process* process, const char* dirname, const char* name) {
-   if (Process_isKernelThread(process))
-      return true;
-
    char filename[MAX_NAME+1];
    xSnprintf(filename, MAX_NAME, "%s/%s/cmdline", dirname, name);
    int fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
@@ -762,7 +759,10 @@ static bool LinuxProcessList_readCmdlineFile(Process* process, const char* dirna
    close(fd);
    int tokenEnd = 0; 
    int lastChar = 0;
-   if (amtRead <= 0) {
+   if (amtRead == 0) {
+      ((LinuxProcess*)process)->isKernelThread = true;
+      return true;
+   } else if (amtRead < 0) {
       return false;
    }
    for (int i = 0; i < amtRead; i++) {