diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_fork.c b/sys/kern/kern_fork.c
index 4c5a730218d..e6f891d992c 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_fork.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_fork.c
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ again:
 	bcopy(&td->td_startcopy, &td2->td_startcopy,
 	    __rangeof(struct thread, td_startcopy, td_endcopy));
 
+	bcopy(&p2->p_comm, &td2->td_name, sizeof(td2->td_name));
 	td2->td_sigstk = td->td_sigstk;
 	td2->td_sigmask = td->td_sigmask;
 	td2->td_flags = TDF_INMEM;