1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index adab63fa7..e45c8d61d 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -16842,8 +16842,10 @@ jobtab_copy(void)
                                         xasprintf("jobtab[%d].ps0.ps_cmd '%s'",
                                                                 i, jobtab[i].ps0.ps_cmd), FREE);
                         new[i].ps = &new[i].ps0;
-                } else {
+                } else if (jobtab[i].nprocs) {
                         new[i].ps = procstat_copy(i);
+                } else {
+                        new[i].ps = NULL;
                 }
                 SAVE_PTR(new[i].ps, xasprintf("jobtab[%d].ps", i), FREE);