diff --git a/Kernel/Syscalls/execve.cpp b/Kernel/Syscalls/execve.cpp
index 93d2e16dc3..8c27916837 100644
--- a/Kernel/Syscalls/execve.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Syscalls/execve.cpp
@@ -564,6 +564,9 @@ ErrorOr<void> Process::do_exec(NonnullRefPtr<OpenFileDescription> main_program_d
     //       and we don't want to deal with faults after this point.
     auto new_userspace_sp = TRY(make_userspace_context_for_main_thread(new_main_thread->regs(), *load_result.stack_region.unsafe_ptr(), m_arguments, m_environment, move(auxv)));
 
+    m_name = move(new_process_name);
+    new_main_thread->set_name(move(new_main_thread_name));
+
     if (wait_for_tracer_at_next_execve()) {
         // Make sure we release the ptrace lock here or the tracer will block forever.
         ptrace_locker.unlock();
@@ -583,9 +586,6 @@ ErrorOr<void> Process::do_exec(NonnullRefPtr<OpenFileDescription> main_program_d
 
     // NOTE: Be careful to not trigger any page faults below!
 
-    m_name = move(new_process_name);
-    new_main_thread->set_name(move(new_main_thread_name));
-
     {
         ProtectedDataMutationScope scope { *this };
         m_protected_values.promises = m_protected_values.execpromises.load();