diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index 0393912d80336d641f055148a3c593a494597be4..84cdb072ac83975670c477fa180980ae61425bda 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ int machine__resolve_callchain(struct machine *machine,
 
 	return unwind__get_entries(unwind_entry, &callchain_cursor, machine,
 				   thread, evsel->attr.sample_regs_user,
-				   sample);
+				   sample, max_stack);
 
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/unwind.c b/tools/perf/util/unwind.c
index 5390d0b8862a680e147cf52dd8bed22cfbba333f..0efd5393de85ea33775198f25045cfa00a612247 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/unwind.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/unwind.c
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ static unw_accessors_t accessors = {
 };
 
 static int get_entries(struct unwind_info *ui, unwind_entry_cb_t cb,
-		       void *arg)
+		       void *arg, int max_stack)
 {
 	unw_addr_space_t addr_space;
 	unw_cursor_t c;
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ static int get_entries(struct unwind_info *ui, unwind_entry_cb_t cb,
 	if (ret)
 		display_error(ret);
 
-	while (!ret && (unw_step(&c) > 0)) {
+	while (!ret && (unw_step(&c) > 0) && max_stack--) {
 		unw_word_t ip;
 
 		unw_get_reg(&c, UNW_REG_IP, &ip);
@@ -588,7 +588,8 @@ static int get_entries(struct unwind_info *ui, unwind_entry_cb_t cb,
 
 int unwind__get_entries(unwind_entry_cb_t cb, void *arg,
 			struct machine *machine, struct thread *thread,
-			u64 sample_uregs, struct perf_sample *data)
+			u64 sample_uregs, struct perf_sample *data,
+			int max_stack)
 {
 	unw_word_t ip;
 	struct unwind_info ui = {
@@ -610,5 +611,5 @@ int unwind__get_entries(unwind_entry_cb_t cb, void *arg,
 	if (ret)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	return get_entries(&ui, cb, arg);
+	return get_entries(&ui, cb, arg, max_stack);
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/unwind.h b/tools/perf/util/unwind.h
index ec0c71a2ca2e22f2c78ef90726d0e9afe623b43c..d5966f49e22cc24fb91e8f53307504cfed7e290d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/unwind.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/unwind.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ int unwind__get_entries(unwind_entry_cb_t cb, void *arg,
 			struct machine *machine,
 			struct thread *thread,
 			u64 sample_uregs,
-			struct perf_sample *data);
+			struct perf_sample *data, int max_stack);
 int unwind__arch_reg_id(int regnum);
 #else
 static inline int
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ unwind__get_entries(unwind_entry_cb_t cb __maybe_unused,
 		    struct machine *machine __maybe_unused,
 		    struct thread *thread __maybe_unused,
 		    u64 sample_uregs __maybe_unused,
-		    struct perf_sample *data __maybe_unused)
+		    struct perf_sample *data __maybe_unused,
+		    int max_stack __maybe_unused)
 {
 	return 0;
 }