diff --git a/pkg/alignchecker/alignchecker.go b/pkg/alignchecker/alignchecker.go
index cd5280b30dc..56b0c2c00ec 100644
--- a/pkg/alignchecker/alignchecker.go
+++ b/pkg/alignchecker/alignchecker.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func CheckStructAlignments(pathToObj string) error {
 		"msg_execve_key":   {processapi.MsgExecveKey{}},
 		"execve_map_value": {execvemap.ExecveValue{}},
 		"msg_cgroup_event": {processapi.MsgCgroupEvent{}},
-		"msg_cred":         {tracingapi.MsgGenericCred{}},
+		"msg_cred":         {processapi.MsgGenericCred{}},
 		"msg_cred_minimal": {processapi.MsgGenericCredMinimal{}},
 
 		// configuration
diff --git a/pkg/api/processapi/processapi.go b/pkg/api/processapi/processapi.go
index dffcec3da15..e418c80846a 100644
--- a/pkg/api/processapi/processapi.go
+++ b/pkg/api/processapi/processapi.go
@@ -90,6 +90,21 @@ type MsgK8sUnix struct {
 	Docker string
 }
 
+type MsgGenericCred struct {
+	Uid        uint32
+	Gid        uint32
+	Suid       uint32
+	Sgid       uint32
+	Euid       uint32
+	Egid       uint32
+	FSuid      uint32
+	FSgid      uint32
+	SecureBits uint32
+	Pad        uint32
+	Cap        MsgCapabilities
+	UserNs     MsgUserNamespace
+}
+
 type MsgGenericCredMinimal struct {
 	Uid        uint32
 	Gid        uint32
diff --git a/pkg/api/tracingapi/client_kprobe.go b/pkg/api/tracingapi/client_kprobe.go
index 8f3fa8d8a4c..87656cf4047 100644
--- a/pkg/api/tracingapi/client_kprobe.go
+++ b/pkg/api/tracingapi/client_kprobe.go
@@ -271,21 +271,6 @@ func (m MsgGenericKprobeArgNetDev) IsReturnArg() bool {
 	return m.Index == ReturnArgIndex
 }
 
-type MsgGenericCred struct {
-	Uid        uint32
-	Gid        uint32
-	Suid       uint32
-	Sgid       uint32
-	Euid       uint32
-	Egid       uint32
-	FSuid      uint32
-	FSgid      uint32
-	SecureBits uint32
-	Pad        uint32
-	Cap        processapi.MsgCapabilities
-	UserNs     processapi.MsgUserNamespace
-}
-
 type MsgGenericKprobeArgCred struct {
 	Index      uint64
 	Uid        uint32
diff --git a/pkg/sensors/tracing/args.go b/pkg/sensors/tracing/args.go
index 103c32d3b78..f9a673cf596 100644
--- a/pkg/sensors/tracing/args.go
+++ b/pkg/sensors/tracing/args.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/api/dataapi"
-	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/api/tracingapi"
+	processapi "github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/api/processapi"
 	api "github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/api/tracingapi"
 	gt "github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/generictypes"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/k8s/apis/cilium.io/v1alpha1"
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func getTracepointMetaValue(arg *v1alpha1.KProbeArg) int {
 	return 0
 }
 
-func getArg(r *bytes.Reader, a argPrinter) tracingapi.MsgGenericKprobeArg {
+func getArg(r *bytes.Reader, a argPrinter) api.MsgGenericKprobeArg {
 	var err error
 
 	switch a.ty {
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func getArg(r *bytes.Reader, a argPrinter) tracingapi.MsgGenericKprobeArg {
 		arg.Label = a.label
 		return arg
 	case gt.GenericCredType:
-		var cred api.MsgGenericCred
+		var cred processapi.MsgGenericCred
 		var arg api.MsgGenericKprobeArgCred
 
 		err := binary.Read(r, binary.LittleEndian, &cred)