diff --git a/lib/handlers.c b/lib/handlers.c
index f13b89e..016f010 100644
--- a/lib/handlers.c
+++ b/lib/handlers.c
@@ -40,11 +40,12 @@ static void print_header_content(FILE *ofd, struct nlmsghdr *n)
 {
 	char flags[128];
 	char type[32];
-	
+	uint32_t pid = n->nlmsg_pid & 0x3FFFFF;  /* Print the correct PID, not our internal value */
+
 	fprintf(ofd, "type=%s length=%u flags=<%s> sequence-nr=%u pid=%u",
 		nl_nlmsgtype2str(n->nlmsg_type, type, sizeof(type)),
 		n->nlmsg_len, nl_nlmsg_flags2str(n->nlmsg_flags, flags,
-		sizeof(flags)), n->nlmsg_seq, n->nlmsg_pid);
+		sizeof(flags)), n->nlmsg_seq, pid);
 }
 
 static int nl_valid_handler_verbose(struct nl_msg *msg, void *arg)