1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
index 979da3947f42..139e3c827369 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -746,7 +746,8 @@ perf_callchain_user(struct perf_callchain_entry *entry, struct pt_regs *regs)
 
         tail = (struct frame_tail __user *)regs->ARM_fp - 1;
 
-        while (tail && !((unsigned long)tail & 0x3))
+        while ((entry->nr < PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH) &&
+               tail && !((unsigned long)tail & 0x3))
                 tail = user_backtrace(tail, entry);
 }