1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libkvm/kvm_proc.c b/lib/libkvm/kvm_proc.c
index d4e4211eb427f..2f2b6c682c4d0 100644
--- a/lib/libkvm/kvm_proc.c
+++ b/lib/libkvm/kvm_proc.c
@@ -582,6 +582,12 @@ liveout:
 		nl[5].n_name = "_cpu_tick_frequency";
 		nl[6].n_name = 0;
 
+		if (!kd->arch->ka_native(kd)) {
+			_kvm_err(kd, kd->program,
+			    "cannot read procs from non-native core");
+			return (0);
+		}
+
 		if (kvm_nlist(kd, nl) != 0) {
 			for (p = nl; p->n_type != 0; ++p)
 				;