diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_prot.c b/sys/kern/kern_prot.c
--- a/sys/kern/kern_prot.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_prot.c
@@ -1460,10 +1460,12 @@
 int
 p_cansee(struct thread *td, struct proc *p)
 {
-
 	/* Wrap cr_cansee() for all functionality. */
 	KASSERT(td == curthread, ("%s: td not curthread", __func__));
 	PROC_LOCK_ASSERT(p, MA_OWNED);
+
+	if (td->td_proc == p)
+		return (0);
 	return (cr_cansee(td->td_ucred, p->p_ucred));
 }
 
@@ -1681,10 +1683,10 @@
 
 	KASSERT(td == curthread, ("%s: td not curthread", __func__));
 	PROC_LOCK_ASSERT(p, MA_OWNED);
-	if ((error = priv_check(td, PRIV_DEBUG_UNPRIV)))
-		return (error);
 	if (td->td_proc == p)
 		return (0);
+	if ((error = priv_check(td, PRIV_DEBUG_UNPRIV)))
+		return (error);
 	if ((error = prison_check(td->td_ucred, p->p_ucred)))
 		return (error);
 #ifdef MAC