diff --git a/gdb/procfs.c b/gdb/procfs.c
--- a/gdb/procfs.c
+++ b/gdb/procfs.c
@@ -3086,6 +3090,9 @@ procfs_target::create_inferior (const ch
       shell_file = tryname;
     }
 
+  if (!target_is_pushed (this))
+    push_target (this);
+
   pid = fork_inferior (exec_file, allargs, env, procfs_set_exec_trap,
 		       NULL, NULL, shell_file, NULL);