diff --git a/Code/Framework/AzCore/Platform/Common/UnixLike/AzCore/Debug/Trace_UnixLike.cpp b/Code/Framework/AzCore/Platform/Common/UnixLike/AzCore/Debug/Trace_UnixLike.cpp
index e9c0234ffa..f4d7db802b 100644
--- a/Code/Framework/AzCore/Platform/Common/UnixLike/AzCore/Debug/Trace_UnixLike.cpp
+++ b/Code/Framework/AzCore/Platform/Common/UnixLike/AzCore/Debug/Trace_UnixLike.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace AZ
                 {
                     return false;
                 }
-                for (size_t i = tracerPidOffset; i < numRead; ++i)
+                for (size_t i = tracerPidOffset + tracerPidString.length(); i < numRead; ++i)
                 {
                     if (!::isspace(processStatusView[i]))
                     {