diff --git a/src/conky.c b/src/conky.c
index 4816ddcd..6ba9feac 100644
--- a/src/conky.c
+++ b/src/conky.c
@@ -865,9 +865,6 @@ void generate_text_internal(char *p, int p_max_size,
 			}
 #endif /* __OpenBSD__ */
 
-			OBJ(cmdline_to_pid) {
-				print_cmdline_to_pid(obj, p, p_max_size);
-			}
 #ifdef X11
 			OBJ(font) {
 				new_font(p, obj->data.s);
diff --git a/src/core.c b/src/core.c
index 08f9b86c..863260fc 100644
--- a/src/core.c
+++ b/src/core.c
@@ -834,6 +834,7 @@ struct text_object *construct_text_object(const char *s, const char *arg, long
 		obj->callbacks.print = &print_nodename;
 	END OBJ_ARG(cmdline_to_pid, 0, "cmdline_to_pid needs a command line as argument")
 		scan_cmdline_to_pid_arg(obj, arg, free_at_crash);
+		obj->callbacks.print = &print_cmdline_to_pid;
 	END OBJ_ARG(pid_chroot, 0, "pid_chroot needs a pid as argument")
 		obj->sub = malloc(sizeof(struct text_object));
 		extract_variable_text_internal(obj->sub, arg);