diff --git a/sys/ddb/db_command.c b/sys/ddb/db_command.c
--- a/sys/ddb/db_command.c
+++ b/sys/ddb/db_command.c
@@ -838,7 +838,10 @@
 	else
 		pid = -1;
 	db_printf("Tracing pid %d tid %ld td %p\n", pid, (long)td->td_tid, td);
-	db_trace_thread(td, count);
+	if (td->td_proc != NULL && (td->td_proc->p_flag & P_INMEM) == 0)
+		db_printf("--- swapped out\n");
+	else
+		db_trace_thread(td, count);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/sys/ddb/db_thread.c b/sys/ddb/db_thread.c
--- a/sys/ddb/db_thread.c
+++ b/sys/ddb/db_thread.c
@@ -90,8 +90,11 @@
 		    (void *)thr->td_kstack);
 		prev_jb = kdb_jmpbuf(jb);
 		if (setjmp(jb) == 0) {
-			if (db_trace_thread(thr, 1) != 0)
-				db_printf("***\n");
+			if (thr->td_proc->p_flag & P_INMEM) {
+				if (db_trace_thread(thr, 1) != 0)
+					db_printf("***\n");
+			} else
+				db_printf("*** swapped out\n");
 		}
 		kdb_jmpbuf(prev_jb);
 		thr = kdb_thr_next(thr);
diff --git a/sys/kern/subr_kdb.c b/sys/kern/subr_kdb.c
--- a/sys/kern/subr_kdb.c
+++ b/sys/kern/subr_kdb.c
@@ -590,11 +590,9 @@
 
 	for (i = 0; i <= pidhash; i++) {
 		LIST_FOREACH(p, &pidhashtbl[i], p_hash) {
-			if (p->p_flag & P_INMEM) {
-				thr = FIRST_THREAD_IN_PROC(p);
-				if (thr != NULL)
-					return (thr);
-			}
+			thr = FIRST_THREAD_IN_PROC(p);
+			if (thr != NULL)
+				return (thr);
 		}
 	}
 	return (NULL);
@@ -606,7 +604,7 @@
 	struct proc *p;
 
 	LIST_FOREACH(p, PIDHASH(pid), p_hash) {
-		if (p->p_flag & P_INMEM && p->p_pid == pid)
+		if (p->p_pid == pid)
 			return (FIRST_THREAD_IN_PROC(p));
 	}
 	return (NULL);
@@ -641,8 +639,9 @@
 				return (NULL);
 			p = LIST_FIRST(&pidhashtbl[hash]);
 		}
-		if (p->p_flag & P_INMEM)
-			return (FIRST_THREAD_IN_PROC(p));
+		thr = FIRST_THREAD_IN_PROC(p);
+		if (thr != NULL)
+			return (thr);
 	}
 }