diff --git a/renderdoc/os/posix/linux/linux_process.cpp b/renderdoc/os/posix/linux/linux_process.cpp
index d4f0d6ad4..1d5dbd878 100644
--- a/renderdoc/os/posix/linux/linux_process.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/os/posix/linux/linux_process.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
  ******************************************************************************/
 
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <algorithm>
 #include "os/os_specific.h"
 
 extern char **environ;
@@ -35,6 +36,31 @@ char **GetCurrentEnvironment()
   return environ;
 }
 
+std::vector<int> getSockets(pid_t childPid)
+{
+  std::vector<int> sockets;
+  string dirPath = StringFormat::Fmt("/proc/%d/fd", (int)childPid);
+  std::vector<PathEntry> files = FileIO::GetFilesInDirectory(dirPath.c_str());
+  if(files.empty())
+    return sockets;
+
+  for(const PathEntry &file : files)
+  {
+    string target = StringFormat::Fmt("%s/%s", dirPath.c_str(), file.filename.c_str());
+    char linkname[1024];
+    ssize_t length = readlink(target.c_str(), linkname, 1023);
+    if(length == -1)
+      continue;
+
+    linkname[length] = '\0';
+    uint32_t inode = 0;
+    int num = sscanf(linkname, "socket:[%u]", &inode);
+    if(num == 1)
+      sockets.push_back(inode);
+  }
+  return sockets;
+}
+
 int GetIdentPort(pid_t childPid)
 {
   int ret = 0;
@@ -59,6 +85,8 @@ int GetIdentPort(pid_t childPid)
       continue;
     }
 
+    std::vector<int> sockets = getSockets(childPid);
+
     // read through the proc file to check for an open listen socket
     while(ret == 0 && !feof(f))
     {
@@ -67,12 +95,18 @@ int GetIdentPort(pid_t childPid)
       line[sz - 1] = 0;
       fgets(line, sz - 1, f);
 
-      int socketnum = 0, hexip = 0, hexport = 0;
-      int num = sscanf(line, " %d: %x:%x", &socketnum, &hexip, &hexport);
+      // an example for a line:
+      // sl local_address rem_address   st tx_queue rx_queue tr tm->when retrnsmt  uid timeout inode
+      // 0: 00000000:9808 00000000:0000 0A 00000000:00000000 00:00000000 00000000 1000    0   109747
+
+      int socketnum = 0, hexip = 0, hexport = 0, inode = 0;
+      int num = sscanf(line, " %d: %x:%x %*x:%*x %*x %*x:%*x %*x:%*x %*x %*d %*d %d", &socketnum,
+                       &hexip, &hexport, &inode);
 
       // find open listen socket on 0.0.0.0:port
-      if(num == 3 && hexip == 0 && hexport >= RenderDoc_FirstTargetControlPort &&
-         hexport <= RenderDoc_LastTargetControlPort)
+      if(num == 4 && hexip == 0 && hexport >= RenderDoc_FirstTargetControlPort &&
+         hexport <= RenderDoc_LastTargetControlPort &&
+         std::find(sockets.begin(), sockets.end(), inode) != sockets.end())
       {
         ret = hexport;
       }