diff --git a/Kernel/API/Syscall.h b/Kernel/API/Syscall.h
index 9e3d247beb..b15a4d5f4c 100644
--- a/Kernel/API/Syscall.h
+++ b/Kernel/API/Syscall.h
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ enum class NeedsBigProcessLock {
     S(open, NeedsBigProcessLock::Yes)                       \
     S(perf_event, NeedsBigProcessLock::Yes)                 \
     S(perf_register_string, NeedsBigProcessLock::Yes)       \
-    S(pipe, NeedsBigProcessLock::Yes)                       \
+    S(pipe, NeedsBigProcessLock::No)                        \
     S(pledge, NeedsBigProcessLock::Yes)                     \
     S(poll, NeedsBigProcessLock::Yes)                       \
     S(posix_fallocate, NeedsBigProcessLock::No)             \
diff --git a/Kernel/Syscalls/pipe.cpp b/Kernel/Syscalls/pipe.cpp
index 10c8c01f84..365fb8c4a1 100644
--- a/Kernel/Syscalls/pipe.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Syscalls/pipe.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace Kernel {
 
 ErrorOr<FlatPtr> Process::sys$pipe(int pipefd[2], int flags)
 {
-    VERIFY_PROCESS_BIG_LOCK_ACQUIRED(this)
+    VERIFY_NO_PROCESS_BIG_LOCK(this)
     TRY(require_promise(Pledge::stdio));
 
     // Reject flags other than O_CLOEXEC, O_NONBLOCK