diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_fork.c b/sys/kern/kern_fork.c
index 50de73244077..fcdb29eee89b 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_fork.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_fork.c
@@ -423,8 +423,22 @@ fork1(td, flags, pages, procp)
 	AUDIT_ARG(pid, p2->p_pid);
 	LIST_INSERT_HEAD(&allproc, p2, p_list);
 	LIST_INSERT_HEAD(PIDHASH(p2->p_pid), p2, p_hash);
+
+	PROC_LOCK(p2);
+	PROC_LOCK(p1);
+
 	sx_xunlock(&allproc_lock);
 
+	bcopy(&p1->p_startcopy, &p2->p_startcopy,
+	    __rangeof(struct proc, p_startcopy, p_endcopy));
+	PROC_UNLOCK(p1);
+
+	bzero(&p2->p_startzero,
+	    __rangeof(struct proc, p_startzero, p_endzero));
+
+	p2->p_ucred = crhold(td->td_ucred);
+	PROC_UNLOCK(p2);
+
 	/*
 	 * Malloc things while we don't hold any locks.
 	 */
@@ -482,13 +496,9 @@ fork1(td, flags, pages, procp)
 	PROC_LOCK(p2);
 	PROC_LOCK(p1);
 
-	bzero(&p2->p_startzero,
-	    __rangeof(struct proc, p_startzero, p_endzero));
 	bzero(&td2->td_startzero,
 	    __rangeof(struct thread, td_startzero, td_endzero));
 
-	bcopy(&p1->p_startcopy, &p2->p_startcopy,
-	    __rangeof(struct proc, p_startcopy, p_endcopy));
 	bcopy(&td->td_startcopy, &td2->td_startcopy,
 	    __rangeof(struct thread, td_startcopy, td_endcopy));
 
@@ -511,7 +521,6 @@ fork1(td, flags, pages, procp)
 	sched_fork(td, td2);
 
 	mtx_unlock_spin(&sched_lock);
-	p2->p_ucred = crhold(td->td_ucred);
 	td2->td_ucred = crhold(p2->p_ucred);
 #ifdef AUDIT
 	audit_proc_fork(p1, p2);
diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_resource.c b/sys/kern/kern_resource.c
index efce45bdc035..3bd76f3c382a 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_resource.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_resource.c
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ getpriority(td, uap)
 			uap->who = td->td_ucred->cr_uid;
 		sx_slock(&allproc_lock);
 		FOREACH_PROC_IN_SYSTEM(p) {
+			/* Do not bother to check PRS_NEW processes */
+			if (p->p_state == PRS_NEW)
+				continue;
 			PROC_LOCK(p);
 			if (!p_cansee(td, p) &&
 			    p->p_ucred->cr_uid == uap->who) {