diff --git a/ntoskrnl/ex/sysinfo.c b/ntoskrnl/ex/sysinfo.c
index 43ff88faaff..bf9b957fd42 100644
--- a/ntoskrnl/ex/sysinfo.c
+++ b/ntoskrnl/ex/sysinfo.c
@@ -1031,7 +1031,11 @@ QSI_DEF(SystemProcessInformation)
                 SpiCurrent->BasePriority = Process->Pcb.BasePriority;
                 SpiCurrent->UniqueProcessId = Process->UniqueProcessId;
                 SpiCurrent->InheritedFromUniqueProcessId = Process->InheritedFromUniqueProcessId;
-                SpiCurrent->HandleCount = ObGetProcessHandleCount(Process);
+
+                /* PsIdleProcess shares its handle table with PsInitialSystemProcess,
+                 * so return the handle count for System only, not Idle one. */
+                SpiCurrent->HandleCount = (Process == PsIdleProcess) ? 0 : ObGetProcessHandleCount(Process);
+
                 SpiCurrent->PeakVirtualSize = Process->PeakVirtualSize;
                 SpiCurrent->VirtualSize = Process->VirtualSize;
                 SpiCurrent->PageFaultCount = Process->Vm.PageFaultCount;