doc/news.texi | 2 ++
 run.go        | 6 +++++-

diff --git a/doc/news.texi b/doc/news.texi
index c94177f5faf4520ff7e5ba81ba4de7c799ce35472139167179950ae75c67e5e0..faf7c77072a06d626a142879516664096b7c4af6e134afa3fb4d2287412a776c 100644
--- a/doc/news.texi
+++ b/doc/news.texi
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ @section Release 1.16.0
 @itemize
 @item
     Unexistent targets are considered always out-of-date, as it should be.
+@item
+    Do not panic if @env{$REDO_LOGS=1} and we were unable to start the command.
 @end itemize
 
 @anchor{Release 1_15_0}
diff --git a/run.go b/run.go
index 7c2f3263d54ee231ba6bbfaaf4d3a12e163a01f4e17f08db07f2e60f6454d2a8..e041d74826eec0f254d8c97b2b7bd73f6f67e4a332e0e1ebf1e2223af2507b58 100644
--- a/run.go
+++ b/run.go
@@ -457,9 +457,13 @@ 					os.FileMode(0666),
 				); err == nil {
 					fields := []recfile.Field{
 						{Name: "Build", Value: BuildUUID},
-						{Name: "PID", Value: strconv.Itoa(cmd.Process.Pid)},
 						{Name: "PPID", Value: strconv.Itoa(os.Getpid())},
 						{Name: "Cwd", Value: cwd},
+					}
+					if cmd.Process != nil {
+						fields = append(fields, recfile.Field{
+							Name: "PID", Value: strconv.Itoa(cmd.Process.Pid),
+						})
 					}
 					ts := new(tai64n.TAI64N)
 					ts.FromTime(started)