diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_fork.c b/sys/kern/kern_fork.c
--- a/sys/kern/kern_fork.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_fork.c
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@
 	LIST_INSERT_HEAD(&pptr->p_children, p2, p_sibling);
 	LIST_INIT(&p2->p_reaplist);
 	LIST_INSERT_HEAD(&p2->p_reaper->p_reaplist, p2, p_reapsibling);
-	if (p2->p_reaper == p1 && p1 != initproc) {
+	if (p2->p_reaper == p1) {
 		p2->p_reapsubtree = p2->p_pid;
 		proc_id_set_cond(PROC_ID_REAP, p2->p_pid);
 	}