diff --git a/sys/fs/procfs/procfs_dbregs.c b/sys/fs/procfs/procfs_dbregs.c
index de5dc769e467..1598443bce90 100644
--- a/sys/fs/procfs/procfs_dbregs.c
+++ b/sys/fs/procfs/procfs_dbregs.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ procfs_doprocdbregs(PFS_FILL_ARGS)
 		return (0);
 
 	PROC_LOCK(p);
-	KASSERT(p->p_lock > 0, ("proc not held"));
+	PROC_ASSERT_HELD(p);
 	if (p_candebug(td, p) != 0) {
 		PROC_UNLOCK(p);
 		return (EPERM);
diff --git a/sys/fs/procfs/procfs_fpregs.c b/sys/fs/procfs/procfs_fpregs.c
index c89c8e7e6017..d2f01535eb57 100644
--- a/sys/fs/procfs/procfs_fpregs.c
+++ b/sys/fs/procfs/procfs_fpregs.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ procfs_doprocfpregs(PFS_FILL_ARGS)
 		return (0);
 
 	PROC_LOCK(p);
-	KASSERT(p->p_lock > 0, ("proc not held"));
+	PROC_ASSERT_HELD(p);
 	if (p_candebug(td, p)) {
 		PROC_UNLOCK(p);
 		return (EPERM);
diff --git a/sys/kern/sys_process.c b/sys/kern/sys_process.c
index 47fbbc1a7889..89769418d634 100644
--- a/sys/kern/sys_process.c
+++ b/sys/kern/sys_process.c
@@ -251,8 +251,7 @@ proc_rwmem(struct proc *p, struct uio *uio)
 	 * curthread but we can't assert that.)  This keeps the process
 	 * from exiting out from under us until this operation completes.
 	 */
-	KASSERT(p->p_lock >= 1, ("%s: process %p (pid %d) not held", __func__,
-	    p, p->p_pid));
+	PROC_ASSERT_HELD(p);
 
 	/*
 	 * The map we want...
diff --git a/sys/sys/proc.h b/sys/sys/proc.h
index eff28b40365b..90effa6d3909 100644
--- a/sys/sys/proc.h
+++ b/sys/sys/proc.h
@@ -824,13 +824,13 @@ extern pid_t pid_max;
 #define	_PHOLD(p) do {							\
 	PROC_LOCK_ASSERT((p), MA_OWNED);				\
 	KASSERT(!((p)->p_flag & P_WEXIT) || (p) == curproc,		\
-	    ("PHOLD of exiting process"));				\
+	    ("PHOLD of exiting process %p", p));			\
 	(p)->p_lock++;							\
 	if (((p)->p_flag & P_INMEM) == 0)				\
 		faultin((p));						\
 } while (0)
-#define PROC_ASSERT_HELD(p) do {					\
-	KASSERT((p)->p_lock > 0, ("process not held"));			\
+#define	PROC_ASSERT_HELD(p) do {					\
+	KASSERT((p)->p_lock > 0, ("process %p not held", p));		\
 } while (0)
 
 #define	PRELE(p) do {							\
@@ -845,8 +845,8 @@ extern pid_t pid_max;
 	if (((p)->p_flag & P_WEXIT) && (p)->p_lock == 0)		\
 		wakeup(&(p)->p_lock);					\
 } while (0)
-#define PROC_ASSERT_NOT_HELD(p) do {					\
-	KASSERT((p)->p_lock == 0, ("process held"));			\
+#define	PROC_ASSERT_NOT_HELD(p) do {					\
+	KASSERT((p)->p_lock == 0, ("process %p held", p));		\
 } while (0)
 
 #define	PROC_UPDATE_COW(p) do {						\