diff --git a/sql/sql_show.cc b/sql/sql_show.cc
index 24e7d92d1ad..51f5d75e49b 100644
--- a/sql/sql_show.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_show.cc
@@ -1839,7 +1839,8 @@ void mysqld_list_processes(THD *thd,const char *user, bool verbose)
       Security_context *tmp_sctx= tmp->security_ctx;
       struct st_my_thread_var *mysys_var;
       if ((tmp->vio_ok() || tmp->system_thread) &&
-          (!user || (tmp_sctx->user && !strcmp(tmp_sctx->user, user))))
+          (!user || (!tmp->system_thread && tmp_sctx->user &&
+                     !strcmp(tmp_sctx->user, user))))
       {
         thread_info *thd_info= new thread_info;
 
@@ -1949,7 +1950,8 @@ int fill_schema_processlist(THD* thd, TABLE_LIST* tables, COND* cond)
       const char *val, *db;
 
       if ((!tmp->vio_ok() && !tmp->system_thread) ||
-          (user && (!tmp_sctx->user || strcmp(tmp_sctx->user, user))))
+          (user && (tmp->system_thread || !tmp_sctx->user ||
+                    strcmp(tmp_sctx->user, user))))
         continue;
 
       restore_record(table, s->default_values);