diff --git a/Kernel/Process.h b/Kernel/Process.h
index b26950b66b..266651f5c2 100644
--- a/Kernel/Process.h
+++ b/Kernel/Process.h
@@ -631,18 +631,23 @@ public:
 
     class ScopedDescriptionAllocation;
     class FileDescriptions {
+        AK_MAKE_NONCOPYABLE(FileDescriptions);
         friend class Process;
 
     public:
         ALWAYS_INLINE const FileDescriptionAndFlags& operator[](size_t i) const { return at(i); }
         ALWAYS_INLINE FileDescriptionAndFlags& operator[](size_t i) { return at(i); }
 
-        FileDescriptions& operator=(const Kernel::Process::FileDescriptions& other)
+        KResult try_clone(const Kernel::Process::FileDescriptions& other)
         {
-            ScopedSpinLock lock(m_fds_lock);
             ScopedSpinLock lock_other(other.m_fds_lock);
-            m_fds_metadatas = other.m_fds_metadatas;
-            return *this;
+            if (!try_resize(other.m_fds_metadatas.size()))
+                return ENOMEM;
+
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < other.m_fds_metadatas.size(); ++i) {
+                m_fds_metadatas[i] = other.m_fds_metadatas[i];
+            }
+            return KSuccess;
         }
 
         const FileDescriptionAndFlags& at(size_t i) const;
diff --git a/Kernel/Syscalls/fork.cpp b/Kernel/Syscalls/fork.cpp
index 867575e4a0..cc6bc8d229 100644
--- a/Kernel/Syscalls/fork.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Syscalls/fork.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ KResultOr<FlatPtr> Process::sys$fork(RegisterState& regs)
     child->m_root_directory_relative_to_global_root = m_root_directory_relative_to_global_root;
     child->m_veil_state = m_veil_state;
     child->m_unveiled_paths = m_unveiled_paths.deep_copy();
-    child->m_fds = m_fds;
+
+    if (auto result = child->m_fds.try_clone(m_fds); result.is_error())
+        return result.error();
+
     child->m_pg = m_pg;
 
     {