diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/FreeBSDRemote/NativeProcessFreeBSD.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/FreeBSDRemote/NativeProcessFreeBSD.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/FreeBSDRemote/NativeProcessFreeBSD.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/FreeBSDRemote/NativeProcessFreeBSD.cpp
@@ -698,8 +698,9 @@
       0)
     return Status(errno, eErrorTypePOSIX);
 
-  /* Initialize threads */
-  status = ReinitializeThreads();
+  // Initialize threads and tracing status
+  // NB: this needs to be called before we set thread state
+  status = SetupTrace();
   if (status.Fail())
     return status;
 
@@ -707,7 +708,8 @@
     static_cast<NativeThreadFreeBSD &>(*thread).SetStoppedBySignal(SIGSTOP);
 
   // Let our process instance know the thread has stopped.
-  SetState(StateType::eStateStopped);
+  SetCurrentThreadID(m_threads.front()->GetID());
+  SetState(StateType::eStateStopped, false);
   return Status();
 }
 
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationServerLLGS.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationServerLLGS.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationServerLLGS.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationServerLLGS.cpp
@@ -1728,6 +1728,7 @@
   case eStateSuspended:
   case eStateStopped:
   case eStateCrashed: {
+    assert(m_debugged_process_up != nullptr);
     lldb::tid_t tid = m_debugged_process_up->GetCurrentThreadID();
     // Make sure we set the current thread so g and p packets return the data
     // the gdb will expect.