diff --git a/src/system/kernel/team.c b/src/system/kernel/team.c
index 64efb7e6d9..95d2602296 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/team.c
+++ b/src/system/kernel/team.c
@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ create_team_struct(const char *name, bool kernel)
 	team->next = team->siblings_next = team->children = team->parent = NULL;
 	team->id = allocate_thread_id();
 	strlcpy(team->name, name, B_OS_NAME_LENGTH);
+	team->args[0] = '\0';
 	team->num_threads = 0;
 	team->io_context = NULL;
 	team->address_space = NULL;
@@ -1133,6 +1134,8 @@ fork_team(void)
 	if (team == NULL)
 		return B_NO_MEMORY;
 
+	strlcpy(team->args, parentTeam->args, sizeof(team->args));
+
 	state = disable_interrupts();
 	GRAB_TEAM_LOCK();