diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c
index 7819022a8db5986e29bf36247be94cab99cb7f06..a153d0a01b72152fa34b5fc22cfeec9a2c6ffda3 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c
@@ -290,6 +290,12 @@ void dump_trace(struct task_struct *tsk, struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long * s
 		if (tsk && tsk != current)
 			stack = (unsigned long *)tsk->thread.rsp;
 	}
+	/*
+	 * Align the stack pointer on word boundary, later loops
+	 * rely on that (and corruption / debug info bugs can cause
+	 * unaligned values here):
+	 */
+	stack = (unsigned long *)((unsigned long)stack & ~(sizeof(long)-1));
 
 	/*
 	 * Print function call entries within a stack. 'cond' is the