diff --git a/include/asm-x86/ptrace.h b/include/asm-x86/ptrace.h
index 213c97300cb3fd90842da2e61de07ba9a22227cc..51ddb2590870f96d0e6f0b373cd7a91e22b61d49 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/ptrace.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static inline int v8086_mode(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 #define instruction_pointer(regs) ((regs)->eip)
 #define frame_pointer(regs) ((regs)->ebp)
-#define stack_pointer(regs) ((regs)->esp)
+#define stack_pointer(regs) ((unsigned long)(regs))
 #define regs_return_value(regs) ((regs)->eax)
 
 extern unsigned long profile_pc(struct pt_regs *regs);