1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
index e304b66abeea..624f133943ed 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -187,14 +187,15 @@ static inline int v8086_mode(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 /*
  * X86_32 CPUs don't save ss and esp if the CPU is already in kernel mode
- * when it traps.  So regs will be the current sp.
+ * when it traps.  The previous stack will be directly underneath the saved
+ * registers, and 'sp/ss' won't even have been saved. Thus the '&regs->sp'.
  *
  * This is valid only for kernel mode traps.
  */
-static inline unsigned long kernel_trap_sp(struct pt_regs *regs)
+static inline unsigned long kernel_stack_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-        return (unsigned long)regs;
+        return (unsigned long)(&regs->sp);
 #else
         return regs->sp;
 #endif