diff --git a/dlls/ntoskrnl.exe/ntoskrnl.c b/dlls/ntoskrnl.exe/ntoskrnl.c
index 2c0b51da9b9..d31082be148 100644
--- a/dlls/ntoskrnl.exe/ntoskrnl.c
+++ b/dlls/ntoskrnl.exe/ntoskrnl.c
@@ -2451,11 +2451,23 @@ NTSTATUS WINAPI FsRtlRegisterUncProvider(PHANDLE MupHandle, PUNICODE_STRING Redi
 }
 
 
+static void *create_process_object( HANDLE handle )
+{
+    PEPROCESS process;
+
+    if (!(process = alloc_kernel_object( PsProcessType, handle, sizeof(*process), 0 ))) return NULL;
+
+    process->header.Type = 3;
+    process->header.WaitListHead.Blink = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE; /* mark as kernel object */
+    return process;
+}
+
 static const WCHAR process_type_name[] = {'P','r','o','c','e','s','s',0};
 
 static struct _OBJECT_TYPE process_type =
 {
-    process_type_name
+    process_type_name,
+    create_process_object
 };
 
 POBJECT_TYPE PsProcessType = &process_type;
diff --git a/dlls/ntoskrnl.exe/ntoskrnl_private.h b/dlls/ntoskrnl.exe/ntoskrnl_private.h
index f5a76284cb0..5f309616d3d 100644
--- a/dlls/ntoskrnl.exe/ntoskrnl_private.h
+++ b/dlls/ntoskrnl.exe/ntoskrnl_private.h
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ struct _OBJECT_TYPE
     void (*release)(void*);       /* called when the last reference is released */
 };
 
+struct _EPROCESS {
+    DISPATCHER_HEADER header;
+};
+
 struct _KTHREAD
 {
     DISPATCHER_HEADER header;