--- libinit.c
+++ libinit.c	2010-10-27 08:17:06.371926813 +0000
@@ -728,19 +728,21 @@ int pidof (const char * inname, const ch
 	if (!(flags & (KTHREAD|KSHORT)) && !isscrpt) {
 	    char entry[PATH_MAX+1];
 	    char *realname = NULL;
-	    const char *name;
+	    const char *name = NULL;
 	    boolean found;
 
-	    if ((rll = readlinkat(dfd, here(d->d_name, "exe"), entry, PATH_MAX)) < 0) {
-		if (errno != EPERM && errno != EACCES)
-		    goto risky;
-		continue;
-	    }
-	    entry[rll] = '\0';
-	    name = handl_buf(entry);
+	    if (prefix) {
+		if ((rll = readlinkat(dfd, here(d->d_name, "exe"), entry, PATH_MAX)) < 0) {
+		    if (errno != EPERM && errno != EACCES)
+			goto risky;
+		    continue;
+		}
+		entry[rll] = '\0';
+		name = handl_buf(entry);
 
-	    if (prefix && find_mount(name) != prefix)
-		continue;
+		if (find_mount(name) != prefix)
+		    continue;
+	    }
 
 	    if (fstatat(dfd, here(d->d_name, "exe"), &pid_st, 0) < 0) {
 		if (errno != EPERM && errno != EACCES)
@@ -765,12 +767,22 @@ int pidof (const char * inname, const ch
 		    if (strlen(fullname) > PATH_MAX)
 			continue;
 
+		    if (!name) {
+			if ((rll = readlinkat(dfd, here(d->d_name, "exe"), entry, PATH_MAX)) < 0) {
+			    if (errno != EPERM && errno != EACCES)
+				goto risky;
+			    continue;
+			}
+			entry[rll] = '\0';
+			name = handl_buf(entry);
+		    }
+
 		    if (strncmp(fullname, name, PATH_MAX) == 0) {
 			found = true;
 			break;
 		    }
 
-		    if ((realname = realpath(name, NULL)) == (char*)0)
+		    if ((realname = realpath(fullname, NULL)) == (char*)0)
 			continue;
 
 		    if (strncmp(realname, name, PATH_MAX) == 0)