diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/child_info.h b/winsup/cygwin/child_info.h
index 67264119e..847614ff2 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/child_info.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/child_info.h
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ class child_info_spawn: public child_info
 {
   HANDLE hExeced;
   HANDLE ev;
+  pid_t cygpid;
 public:
   cygheap_exec_info *moreinfo;
   int __stdin;
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc b/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
index 78506d43d..11edcdf0d 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
@@ -652,11 +652,16 @@ child_info_spawn::handle_spawn ()
 	cygheap_fixup_in_child (true);
 	memory_init ();
       }
+
+  cygheap->pid = cygpid;
+
+  /* Spawned process sets h to INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE to notify
+     pinfo::thisproc not to create another pid. */
   if (!moreinfo->myself_pinfo ||
       !DuplicateHandle (GetCurrentProcess (), moreinfo->myself_pinfo,
 			GetCurrentProcess (), &h, 0,
 			FALSE, DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS | DUPLICATE_CLOSE_SOURCE))
-    h = NULL;
+    h = (type == _CH_SPAWN) ? INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE : NULL;
 
   /* Setup our write end of the process pipe.  Clear the one in the structure.
      The destructor should never be called for this but, it can't hurt to be
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc b/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
index 445bd35b2..064299e0c 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public:
 
 pinfo_basic::pinfo_basic ()
 {
-  pid = dwProcessId = GetCurrentProcessId ();
+  dwProcessId = GetCurrentProcessId ();
   PWCHAR pend = wcpncpy (progname, global_progname,
 			 sizeof (progname) / sizeof (WCHAR) - 1);
   *pend = L'\0';
@@ -57,15 +57,20 @@ pinfo::thisproc (HANDLE h)
   procinfo = NULL;
 
   DWORD flags = PID_IN_USE | PID_ACTIVE;
+  /* Forked process or process started from non-Cygwin parent needs a pid. */
   if (!h)
     {
       cygheap->pid = create_cygwin_pid ();
       flags |= PID_NEW;
     }
+  /* spawnve'd process got pid in parent, cygheap->pid has been set in
+     child_info_spawn::handle_spawn. */
+  else if (h == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+    h = NULL;
 
   init (cygheap->pid, flags, h);
   procinfo->process_state |= PID_IN_USE;
-  procinfo->dwProcessId = myself_initial.pid;
+  procinfo->dwProcessId = myself_initial.dwProcessId;
   procinfo->sendsig = myself_initial.sendsig;
   wcscpy (procinfo->progname, myself_initial.progname);
   create_winpid_symlink ();
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc b/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc
index d969c66ea..ebc34d105 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc
@@ -258,7 +258,6 @@ child_info_spawn::worker (const char *prog_arg, const char *const *argv,
 			  int in__stdin, int in__stdout)
 {
   bool rc;
-  pid_t cygpid;
   int res = -1;
 
   /* Check if we have been called from exec{lv}p or spawn{lv}p and mask
@@ -578,6 +577,8 @@ child_info_spawn::worker (const char *prog_arg, const char *const *argv,
       if (!real_path.iscygexec () && mode == _P_OVERLAY)
 	myself->process_state |= PID_NOTCYGWIN;
 
+      cygpid = (mode != _P_OVERLAY) ? create_cygwin_pid () : myself->pid;
+
       wchar_t wcmd[(size_t) cmd];
       if (!::cygheap->user.issetuid ()
 	  || (::cygheap->user.saved_uid == ::cygheap->user.real_uid
@@ -708,11 +709,6 @@ child_info_spawn::worker (const char *prog_arg, const char *const *argv,
       if (::cygheap->fdtab.need_fixup_before ())
 	::cygheap->fdtab.fixup_before_exec (pi.dwProcessId);
 
-      if (mode != _P_OVERLAY)
-	cygpid = create_cygwin_pid ();
-      else
-	cygpid = myself->pid;
-
       /* Print the original program name here so the user can see that too.  */
       syscall_printf ("pid %d, prog_arg %s, cmd line %.9500s)",
 		      rc ? cygpid : (unsigned int) -1, prog_arg, (const char *) cmd);