1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index f80dec3f1875..70612c19ac96 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -977,12 +977,9 @@ static void check_stack_usage(void)
 {
         static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(low_water_lock);
         static int lowest_to_date = THREAD_SIZE;
-        unsigned long *n = end_of_stack(current);
         unsigned long free;
 
-        while (*n == 0)
-                n++;
-        free = (unsigned long)n - (unsigned long)end_of_stack(current);
+        free = stack_not_used(current);
 
         if (free >= lowest_to_date)
                 return;