diff --git a/src/client/linux/minidump_writer/linux_dumper.cc b/src/client/linux/minidump_writer/linux_dumper.cc
index 6a75ba94..e5a341ca 100644
--- a/src/client/linux/minidump_writer/linux_dumper.cc
+++ b/src/client/linux/minidump_writer/linux_dumper.cc
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ LinuxDumper::LinuxDumper(pid_t pid)
     : pid_(pid),
       crash_address_(0),
       crash_signal_(0),
-      crash_thread_(0),
+      crash_thread_(pid),
       threads_(&allocator_, 8),
       mappings_(&allocator_),
       auxv_(&allocator_, AT_MAX + 1) {
diff --git a/src/client/linux/minidump_writer/minidump_writer_unittest.cc b/src/client/linux/minidump_writer/minidump_writer_unittest.cc
index 7d6b8667..9b7d73c0 100644
--- a/src/client/linux/minidump_writer/minidump_writer_unittest.cc
+++ b/src/client/linux/minidump_writer/minidump_writer_unittest.cc
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ TEST(MinidumpWriterTest, SetupWithPath) {
   AutoTempDir temp_dir;
   string templ = temp_dir.path() + kMDWriterUnitTestFileName;
   // Set a non-zero tid to avoid tripping asserts.
-  context.tid = 1;
+  context.tid = child;
   ASSERT_TRUE(WriteMinidump(templ.c_str(), child, &context, sizeof(context)));
   struct stat st;
   ASSERT_EQ(0, stat(templ.c_str(), &st));
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ TEST(MinidumpWriterTest, SetupWithFD) {
   string templ = temp_dir.path() + kMDWriterUnitTestFileName;
   int fd = open(templ.c_str(), O_CREAT | O_WRONLY, S_IRWXU);
   // Set a non-zero tid to avoid tripping asserts.
-  context.tid = 1;
+  context.tid = child;
   ASSERT_TRUE(WriteMinidump(fd, child, &context, sizeof(context)));
   struct stat st;
   ASSERT_EQ(0, stat(templ.c_str(), &st));
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ TEST(MinidumpWriterTest, DeletedBinary) {
 
   string templ = temp_dir.path() + kMDWriterUnitTestFileName;
   // Set a non-zero tid to avoid tripping asserts.
-  context.tid = 1;
+  context.tid = child_pid;
   ASSERT_TRUE(WriteMinidump(templ.c_str(), child_pid, &context,
                             sizeof(context)));
   kill(child_pid, SIGKILL);