diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
index 1d9cc26..2efe9d8 100644
--- a/kernel/pid.c
+++ b/kernel/pid.c
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@
 	.pidmap = {
 		[ 0 ... PIDMAP_ENTRIES-1] = { ATOMIC_INIT(BITS_PER_PAGE), NULL }
 	},
-	.last_pid = 0
+	.last_pid = 0,
+	.child_reaper = &init_task
 };
 
 /*