diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_proc.c b/sys/kern/kern_proc.c
index 7879a9ad233c..dd7863b18324 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_proc.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_proc.c
@@ -679,8 +679,8 @@ fill_kinfo_proc(p, kp)
 	}
 	if ((p->p_sflag & PS_INMEM) && p->p_stats) {
 		kp->ki_start = p->p_stats->p_start;
-		if (kp->ki_start.tv_sec == 1)
-			kp->ki_start = boottime;
+		if (kp->ki_start.tv_sec < 3600)
+			kp->ki_start.tv_sec += boottime.tv_sec;
 		kp->ki_rusage = p->p_stats->p_ru;
 		kp->ki_childtime.tv_sec = p->p_stats->p_cru.ru_utime.tv_sec +
 		    p->p_stats->p_cru.ru_stime.tv_sec;