diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c
index 90cf460d50bd3605a7e80e12f1b435b86d6a1d5c..d7d20999d68cbc17429a08e70229f419b899df0f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c
@@ -109,8 +109,10 @@ int get_stack_info(unsigned long *stack, struct task_struct *task,
 	 * just break out and report an unknown stack type.
 	 */
 	if (visit_mask) {
-		if (*visit_mask & (1UL << info->type))
+		if (*visit_mask & (1UL << info->type)) {
+			printk_deferred_once(KERN_WARNING "WARNING: stack recursion on stack type %d\n", info->type);
 			goto unknown;
+		}
 		*visit_mask |= 1UL << info->type;
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
index 310abf4542dcce10630eb64cd102bcb8ef802d5b..ab0f8b90b51b6d889cc27f77f859514c15923f69 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
@@ -128,8 +128,10 @@ int get_stack_info(unsigned long *stack, struct task_struct *task,
 	 * just break out and report an unknown stack type.
 	 */
 	if (visit_mask) {
-		if (*visit_mask & (1UL << info->type))
+		if (*visit_mask & (1UL << info->type)) {
+			printk_deferred_once(KERN_WARNING "WARNING: stack recursion on stack type %d\n", info->type);
 			goto unknown;
+		}
 		*visit_mask |= 1UL << info->type;
 	}