diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kdebug.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kdebug.h
index 5bdfca86581b..f23eb2528464 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kdebug.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kdebug.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ extern void die(const char *, struct pt_regs *,long);
 extern int __must_check __die(const char *, struct pt_regs *, long);
 extern void show_registers(struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern void show_trace(struct task_struct *t, struct pt_regs *regs,
-		       unsigned long *sp, unsigned long bp);
+		       unsigned long *sp);
 extern void __show_regs(struct pt_regs *regs, int all);
 extern void show_regs(struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern unsigned long oops_begin(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/stacktrace.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/stacktrace.h
index 2b16a2ad23dc..52b5c7ed3608 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/stacktrace.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/stacktrace.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #define _ASM_X86_STACKTRACE_H
 
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/ptrace.h>
 
 extern int kstack_depth_to_print;
 
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ struct stacktrace_ops {
 };
 
 void dump_trace(struct task_struct *tsk, struct pt_regs *regs,
-		unsigned long *stack, unsigned long bp,
+		unsigned long *stack,
 		const struct stacktrace_ops *ops, void *data);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
@@ -57,13 +58,39 @@ void dump_trace(struct task_struct *tsk, struct pt_regs *regs,
 #define get_bp(bp) asm("movq %%rbp, %0" : "=r" (bp) :)
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
+static inline unsigned long
+stack_frame(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	unsigned long bp;
+
+	if (regs)
+		return regs->bp;
+
+	if (task == current) {
+		/* Grab bp right from our regs */
+		get_bp(bp);
+		return bp;
+	}
+
+	/* bp is the last reg pushed by switch_to */
+	return *(unsigned long *)task->thread.sp;
+}
+#else
+static inline unsigned long
+stack_frame(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 extern void
 show_trace_log_lvl(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
-		unsigned long *stack, unsigned long bp, char *log_lvl);
+		   unsigned long *stack, char *log_lvl);
 
 extern void
 show_stack_log_lvl(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
-		unsigned long *sp, unsigned long bp, char *log_lvl);
+		   unsigned long *sp, char *log_lvl);
 
 extern unsigned int code_bytes;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index ed6310183efb..461a85dcaba4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ perf_callchain_kernel(struct perf_callchain_entry *entry, struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	perf_callchain_store(entry, regs->ip);
 
-	dump_trace(NULL, regs, NULL, regs->bp, &backtrace_ops, entry);
+	dump_trace(NULL, regs, NULL, &backtrace_ops, entry);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
index 6e8752c1bd52..8474c998cbd4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
@@ -175,21 +175,21 @@ static const struct stacktrace_ops print_trace_ops = {
 
 void
 show_trace_log_lvl(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
-		unsigned long *stack, unsigned long bp, char *log_lvl)
+		unsigned long *stack, char *log_lvl)
 {
 	printk("%sCall Trace:\n", log_lvl);
-	dump_trace(task, regs, stack, bp, &print_trace_ops, log_lvl);
+	dump_trace(task, regs, stack, &print_trace_ops, log_lvl);
 }
 
 void show_trace(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
-		unsigned long *stack, unsigned long bp)
+		unsigned long *stack)
 {
-	show_trace_log_lvl(task, regs, stack, bp, "");
+	show_trace_log_lvl(task, regs, stack, "");
 }
 
 void show_stack(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long *sp)
 {
-	show_stack_log_lvl(task, NULL, sp, 0, "");
+	show_stack_log_lvl(task, NULL, sp, "");
 }
 
 /*
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ void dump_stack(void)
 		init_utsname()->release,
 		(int)strcspn(init_utsname()->version, " "),
 		init_utsname()->version);
-	show_trace(NULL, NULL, &stack, bp);
+	show_trace(NULL, NULL, &stack);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_stack);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c
index 1bc7f75a5bda..74cc1eda384b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@
 #include <asm/stacktrace.h>
 
 
-void dump_trace(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
-		unsigned long *stack, unsigned long bp,
+void dump_trace(struct task_struct *task,
+		struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long *stack,
 		const struct stacktrace_ops *ops, void *data)
 {
 	int graph = 0;
+	unsigned long bp;
 
 	if (!task)
 		task = current;
@@ -34,18 +35,7 @@ void dump_trace(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
 			stack = (unsigned long *)task->thread.sp;
 	}
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
-	if (!bp) {
-		if (task == current) {
-			/* Grab bp right from our regs */
-			get_bp(bp);
-		} else {
-			/* bp is the last reg pushed by switch_to */
-			bp = *(unsigned long *) task->thread.sp;
-		}
-	}
-#endif
-
+	bp = stack_frame(task, regs);
 	for (;;) {
 		struct thread_info *context;
 
@@ -65,7 +55,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_trace);
 
 void
 show_stack_log_lvl(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
-		   unsigned long *sp, unsigned long bp, char *log_lvl)
+		   unsigned long *sp, char *log_lvl)
 {
 	unsigned long *stack;
 	int i;
@@ -87,7 +77,7 @@ show_stack_log_lvl(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
 		touch_nmi_watchdog();
 	}
 	printk(KERN_CONT "\n");
-	show_trace_log_lvl(task, regs, sp, bp, log_lvl);
+	show_trace_log_lvl(task, regs, sp, log_lvl);
 }
 
 
@@ -112,8 +102,7 @@ void show_registers(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		u8 *ip;
 
 		printk(KERN_EMERG "Stack:\n");
-		show_stack_log_lvl(NULL, regs, &regs->sp,
-				0, KERN_EMERG);
+		show_stack_log_lvl(NULL, regs, &regs->sp, KERN_EMERG);
 
 		printk(KERN_EMERG "Code: ");
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
index 6a340485249a..64101335de19 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ fixup_bp_irq_link(unsigned long bp, unsigned long *stack,
  * severe exception (double fault, nmi, stack fault, debug, mce) hardware stack
  */
 
-void dump_trace(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
-		unsigned long *stack, unsigned long bp,
+void dump_trace(struct task_struct *task,
+		struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long *stack,
 		const struct stacktrace_ops *ops, void *data)
 {
 	const unsigned cpu = get_cpu();
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ void dump_trace(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
 	unsigned used = 0;
 	struct thread_info *tinfo;
 	int graph = 0;
+	unsigned long bp;
 
 	if (!task)
 		task = current;
@@ -160,18 +161,7 @@ void dump_trace(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
 			stack = (unsigned long *)task->thread.sp;
 	}
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
-	if (!bp) {
-		if (task == current) {
-			/* Grab bp right from our regs */
-			get_bp(bp);
-		} else {
-			/* bp is the last reg pushed by switch_to */
-			bp = *(unsigned long *) task->thread.sp;
-		}
-	}
-#endif
-
+	bp = stack_frame(task, regs);
 	/*
 	 * Print function call entries in all stacks, starting at the
 	 * current stack address. If the stacks consist of nested
@@ -235,7 +225,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_trace);
 
 void
 show_stack_log_lvl(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
-		   unsigned long *sp, unsigned long bp, char *log_lvl)
+		   unsigned long *sp, char *log_lvl)
 {
 	unsigned long *irq_stack_end;
 	unsigned long *irq_stack;
@@ -279,7 +269,7 @@ show_stack_log_lvl(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
 	preempt_enable();
 
 	printk(KERN_CONT "\n");
-	show_trace_log_lvl(task, regs, sp, bp, log_lvl);
+	show_trace_log_lvl(task, regs, sp, log_lvl);
 }
 
 void show_registers(struct pt_regs *regs)
@@ -308,7 +298,7 @@ void show_registers(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 		printk(KERN_EMERG "Stack:\n");
 		show_stack_log_lvl(NULL, regs, (unsigned long *)sp,
-				regs->bp, KERN_EMERG);
+				   KERN_EMERG);
 
 		printk(KERN_EMERG "Code: ");
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 57d1868a86aa..96ed1aac543a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ void exit_thread(void)
 void show_regs(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	show_registers(regs);
-	show_trace(NULL, regs, (unsigned long *)kernel_stack_pointer(regs),
-		   regs->bp);
+	show_trace(NULL, regs, (unsigned long *)kernel_stack_pointer(regs));
 }
 
 void show_regs_common(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c
index b53c525368a7..938c8e10a19a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c
@@ -73,22 +73,22 @@ static const struct stacktrace_ops save_stack_ops_nosched = {
  */
 void save_stack_trace(struct stack_trace *trace)
 {
-	dump_trace(current, NULL, NULL, 0, &save_stack_ops, trace);
+	dump_trace(current, NULL, NULL, &save_stack_ops, trace);
 	if (trace->nr_entries < trace->max_entries)
 		trace->entries[trace->nr_entries++] = ULONG_MAX;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(save_stack_trace);
 
-void save_stack_trace_bp(struct stack_trace *trace, unsigned long bp)
+void save_stack_trace_regs(struct stack_trace *trace, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	dump_trace(current, NULL, NULL, bp, &save_stack_ops, trace);
+	dump_trace(current, regs, NULL, &save_stack_ops, trace);
 	if (trace->nr_entries < trace->max_entries)
 		trace->entries[trace->nr_entries++] = ULONG_MAX;
 }
 
 void save_stack_trace_tsk(struct task_struct *tsk, struct stack_trace *trace)
 {
-	dump_trace(tsk, NULL, NULL, 0, &save_stack_ops_nosched, trace);
+	dump_trace(tsk, NULL, NULL, &save_stack_ops_nosched, trace);
 	if (trace->nr_entries < trace->max_entries)
 		trace->entries[trace->nr_entries++] = ULONG_MAX;
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/kmemcheck/error.c b/arch/x86/mm/kmemcheck/error.c
index af3b6c8a436f..704a37cedddb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/kmemcheck/error.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/kmemcheck/error.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ void kmemcheck_error_save(enum kmemcheck_shadow state,
 	e->trace.entries = e->trace_entries;
 	e->trace.max_entries = ARRAY_SIZE(e->trace_entries);
 	e->trace.skip = 0;
-	save_stack_trace_bp(&e->trace, regs->bp);
+	save_stack_trace_regs(&e->trace, regs);
 
 	/* Round address down to nearest 16 bytes */
 	shadow_copy = kmemcheck_shadow_lookup(address
diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/backtrace.c b/arch/x86/oprofile/backtrace.c
index 2d49d4e19a36..72cbec14d783 100644
--- a/arch/x86/oprofile/backtrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/backtrace.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ x86_backtrace(struct pt_regs * const regs, unsigned int depth)
 	if (!user_mode_vm(regs)) {
 		unsigned long stack = kernel_stack_pointer(regs);
 		if (depth)
-			dump_trace(NULL, regs, (unsigned long *)stack, 0,
+			dump_trace(NULL, regs, (unsigned long *)stack,
 				   &backtrace_ops, &depth);
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/stacktrace.h b/include/linux/stacktrace.h
index 51efbef38fb0..25310f1d7f37 100644
--- a/include/linux/stacktrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/stacktrace.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define __LINUX_STACKTRACE_H
 
 struct task_struct;
+struct pt_regs;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_STACKTRACE
 struct task_struct;
@@ -13,7 +14,8 @@ struct stack_trace {
 };
 
 extern void save_stack_trace(struct stack_trace *trace);
-extern void save_stack_trace_bp(struct stack_trace *trace, unsigned long bp);
+extern void save_stack_trace_regs(struct stack_trace *trace,
+				  struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern void save_stack_trace_tsk(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				struct stack_trace *trace);