diff --git a/process/process_bsd.go b/process/process_bsd.go
index 263829ffa..4355455ac 100644
--- a/process/process_bsd.go
+++ b/process/process_bsd.go
@@ -71,6 +71,6 @@ func (p *Process) EnvironWithContext(ctx context.Context) ([]string, error) {
 func parseKinfoProc(buf []byte) (KinfoProc, error) {
 	var k KinfoProc
 	br := bytes.NewReader(buf)
-	err := common.Read(br, binary.LittleEndian, &k)
+	err := binary.Read(br, binary.LittleEndian, &k)
 	return k, err
 }
diff --git a/process/process_freebsd.go b/process/process_freebsd.go
index 40b10e14f..695cabbe0 100644
--- a/process/process_freebsd.go
+++ b/process/process_freebsd.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package process
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -338,5 +339,9 @@ func (p *Process) getKProc() (*KinfoProc, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	if &k == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("kInfoProc is nil")
+	}
+
 	return &k, nil
 }