diff --git a/sysdeps/linux/ChangeLog b/sysdeps/linux/ChangeLog
index 0ff62b77..71642228 100644
--- a/sysdeps/linux/ChangeLog
+++ b/sysdeps/linux/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+1999-11-28  Martin Baulig  <martin@home-of-linux.org>
+
+	* procstate.c (glibtop_get_procstate_s): Stat "/proc/<pid>" instead
+	of "/proc/<pid>/state" to get `uid' and `gid'. Thanks to Jason Becker
+	for pointing out that GTop reported wrong uid's.
+
 1999-11-21  Martin Baulig  <martin@home-of-linux.org>
 
 	* interfaces.c: New file.
diff --git a/sysdeps/linux/procstate.c b/sysdeps/linux/procstate.c
index 11ed9d09..fc8fe1c6 100644
--- a/sysdeps/linux/procstate.c
+++ b/sysdeps/linux/procstate.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ glibtop_get_proc_state_s (glibtop *server, glibtop_proc_state *buf, pid_t pid)
 	 *                   values; NEVER set their flags values if this
 	 *                   is not the case !!! */
 
-	sprintf (buffer, "/proc/%d/stat", pid);
+	sprintf (buffer, "/proc/%d", pid);
 
 	if (stat (buffer, &statb))
 		return -1;
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ glibtop_get_proc_state_s (glibtop *server, glibtop_proc_state *buf, pid_t pid)
 
 	buf->flags = _glibtop_sysdeps_proc_state_uid;
 
+	sprintf (buffer, "/proc/%d", pid);
+
 	/* Now we read the remaining fields. */
 
 	if (proc_stat_to_buffer (buffer, pid))