diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
index 7ad671eddae..e02bd7486d1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ void GdbEngine::maybeHandleInferiorPidChanged(const QString &pid0)
         return;
     debugMessage(_("FOUND PID %1").arg(pid));    
 
-    manager()->notifyInferiorPidChanged(pid);
+    handleInferiorPidChanged(pid);
     if (m_dumperInjectionLoad)
         tryLoadDebuggingHelpers();
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.h b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.h
index eb16b9fd8c4..989c294feb3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.h
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.h
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ private:
     QMainWindow *mainWindow() const;
     DebuggerStartMode startMode() const;
     qint64 inferiorPid() const { return m_manager->inferiorPid(); }
+    void handleInferiorPidChanged(qint64 pid) { manager()->notifyInferiorPidChanged(pid); }
 
     void handleChildren(const WatchData &parent, const GdbMi &child,
         QList<WatchData> *insertions);