diff --git a/gprofiler/profilers/java.py b/gprofiler/profilers/java.py
index 45c2c6ad5..c56e7c5b3 100644
--- a/gprofiler/profilers/java.py
+++ b/gprofiler/profilers/java.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 from granulate_utils.linux import ns, proc_events
 from granulate_utils.linux.ns import get_proc_root_path, resolve_proc_root_links, run_in_ns
 from granulate_utils.linux.oom import get_oom_entry
-from granulate_utils.linux.process import is_process_running
+from granulate_utils.linux.process import is_process_running, process_exe
 from granulate_utils.linux.signals import get_signal_entry
 from packaging.version import Version
 from psutil import Process
@@ -669,7 +669,8 @@ def _check_jvm_type_supported(self, process: Process, java_version_output: str)
         return True
 
     def _is_jvm_profiling_supported(self, process: Process) -> bool:
-        process_basename = os.path.basename(process.exe())
+        exe = process_exe(process)
+        process_basename = os.path.basename(exe)
         if JavaSafemodeOptions.JAVA_EXTENDED_VERSION_CHECKS in self._java_safemode:
             # TODO we can get the "java" binary by extracting the java home from the libjvm path,
             # then check with that instead (if exe isn't java)
@@ -678,7 +679,7 @@ def _is_jvm_profiling_supported(self, process: Process) -> bool:
                     "Non-java basenamed process, skipping... (disable "
                     f" --java-safemode={JavaSafemodeOptions.JAVA_EXTENDED_VERSION_CHECKS} to profile it anyway)",
                     pid=process.pid,
-                    exe=process.exe(),
+                    exe=exe,
                 )
                 return False
 
diff --git a/gprofiler/profilers/python.py b/gprofiler/profilers/python.py
index 6a0d27a0a..20661ef1a 100644
--- a/gprofiler/profilers/python.py
+++ b/gprofiler/profilers/python.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from threading import Event
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional
 
-from granulate_utils.linux.process import is_process_running
+from granulate_utils.linux.process import is_process_running, process_exe
 from psutil import NoSuchProcess, Process
 
 from gprofiler.exceptions import (
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def _select_processes_to_profile(self) -> List[Process]:
                 # when invoked on pypy.
                 # I'm checking for "pypy" in the basename here. I'm not aware of libpypy being directly loaded
                 # into non-pypy processes, if we ever encounter that - we can check the maps instead
-                if os.path.basename(process.exe()).startswith("pypy"):
+                if os.path.basename(process_exe(process)).startswith("pypy"):
                     continue
 
                 filtered_procs.append(process)
diff --git a/gprofiler/utils.py b/gprofiler/utils.py
index 93b23815f..31bad98ef 100644
--- a/gprofiler/utils.py
+++ b/gprofiler/utils.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import importlib_resources
 import psutil
 from granulate_utils.linux.ns import run_in_ns
+from granulate_utils.linux.process import process_exe
 from psutil import Process
 
 from gprofiler.exceptions import (
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ def pgrep_exe(match: str) -> List[Process]:
     procs = []
     for process in psutil.process_iter():
         try:
-            if pattern.match(process.exe()):
+            if pattern.match(process_exe(process)):
                 procs.append(process)
         except psutil.NoSuchProcess:  # process might have died meanwhile
             continue