diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
index 496d42cdf02b153593d22abc28366fd16f6090ce..ebaf849e30efd15bce04edb37252fb4aed66441f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ OPTIONS
 	Note that when using the --itrace option the synthesized callchain size
 	will override this value if the synthesized callchain size is bigger.
 
-	Default: 127
+	Default: /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_stack when present, 127 otherwise.
 
 -G::
 --inverted::
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
index 4fc44c75263fdb803315394e8353d77063f69e6a..a856a1095893cab0a0d3f7fdff39820090c99422 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ include::itrace.txt[]
         Note that when using the --itrace option the synthesized callchain size
         will override this value if the synthesized callchain size is bigger.
 
-        Default: 127
+        Default: /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_stack when present, 127 otherwise.
 
 --ns::
 	Use 9 decimal places when displaying time (i.e. show the nanoseconds)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
index 19f046f027cd81e42c5696ab3172539baaeb745d..91d638df3a6bb9e6e9e8c10bb7ad3d2fc1e9efd0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
 	between information loss and faster processing especially for
 	workloads that can have a very long callchain stack.
 
-	Default: 127
+	Default: /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_stack when present, 127 otherwise.
 
 --ignore-callees=<regex>::
         Ignore callees of the function(s) matching the given regex.
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
index c075c002eaa407f7cb9cb8b41dff36a3c69757e2..6afe20121bc06d671931a3d22d6eeca2ca35c0a6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ the thread executes on the designated CPUs. Default is to monitor all CPUs.
         Implies '--call-graph dwarf' when --call-graph not present on the
         command line, on systems where DWARF unwinding was built in.
 
-        Default: 127
+        Default: /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_stack when present, 127 otherwise.
 
 --min-stack::
         Set the stack depth limit when parsing the callchain, anything
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 1d5be0bd426f789018af5217fae3373ed5981bd8..8d9b88af901dd6d187af0fbbcd241675eea77199 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 			.ordered_events	 = true,
 			.ordering_requires_timestamps = true,
 		},
-		.max_stack		 = PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH,
+		.max_stack		 = sysctl_perf_event_max_stack,
 		.pretty_printing_style	 = "normal",
 		.socket_filter		 = -1,
 	};
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	OPT_INTEGER(0, "max-stack", &report.max_stack,
 		    "Set the maximum stack depth when parsing the callchain, "
 		    "anything beyond the specified depth will be ignored. "
-		    "Default: " __stringify(PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH)),
+		    "Default: kernel.perf_event_max_stack or " __stringify(PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH)),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('G', "inverted", &report.inverted_callchain,
 		    "alias for inverted call graph"),
 	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "ignore-callees", NULL, "regex",
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index f43b0c6f88f45548a7e84073f473f28d569fedcd..efca81679bb314624b88d024c52b63f2fc54729c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -2031,7 +2031,7 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	OPT_UINTEGER(0, "max-stack", &scripting_max_stack,
 		     "Set the maximum stack depth when parsing the callchain, "
 		     "anything beyond the specified depth will be ignored. "
-		     "Default: " __stringify(PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH)),
+		     "Default: kernel.perf_event_max_stack or " __stringify(PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH)),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('I', "show-info", &show_full_info,
 		    "display extended information from perf.data file"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('\0', "show-kernel-path", &symbol_conf.show_kernel_path,
@@ -2067,6 +2067,8 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		NULL
 	};
 
+	scripting_max_stack = sysctl_perf_event_max_stack;
+
 	setup_scripting();
 
 	argc = parse_options_subcommand(argc, argv, options, script_subcommands, script_usage,
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index c130a11d3a0d7987d4720d52a0091d5ff46d5541..da18517b1d400cfd31d08ee16410e4b6fb6ba0fa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 			},
 			.proc_map_timeout    = 500,
 		},
-		.max_stack	     = PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH,
+		.max_stack	     = sysctl_perf_event_max_stack,
 		.sym_pcnt_filter     = 5,
 	};
 	struct record_opts *opts = &top.record_opts;
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		    "Accumulate callchains of children and show total overhead as well"),
 	OPT_INTEGER(0, "max-stack", &top.max_stack,
 		    "Set the maximum stack depth when parsing the callchain. "
-		    "Default: " __stringify(PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH)),
+		    "Default: kernel.perf_event_max_stack or " __stringify(PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH)),
 	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "ignore-callees", NULL, "regex",
 		   "ignore callees of these functions in call graphs",
 		   report_parse_ignore_callees_opt),
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 48b00f0425991926b9f844678715b008f57714b2..f4f3389c92c7b986bba5e9464aa4989030c18bc8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -3106,7 +3106,7 @@ int cmd_trace(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	OPT_UINTEGER(0, "max-stack", &trace.max_stack,
 		     "Set the maximum stack depth when parsing the callchain, "
 		     "anything beyond the specified depth will be ignored. "
-		     "Default: " __stringify(PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH)),
+		     "Default: kernel.perf_event_max_stack or " __stringify(PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH)),
 	OPT_UINTEGER(0, "proc-map-timeout", &trace.opts.proc_map_timeout,
 			"per thread proc mmap processing timeout in ms"),
 	OPT_END()
@@ -3150,7 +3150,7 @@ int cmd_trace(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		mmap_pages_user_set = false;
 
 	if (trace.max_stack == UINT_MAX) {
-		trace.max_stack = PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH;
+		trace.max_stack = sysctl_perf_event_max_stack;
 		max_stack_user_set = false;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index 7b2df2b46525f1ec19352ee21ada917908063d52..83ffe7cd73301f8990b23c200e135f62aa57cbac 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/bpf-loader.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
+#include <api/fs/fs.h>
 #include <api/fs/tracing_path.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -533,6 +534,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
 	const char *cmd;
 	char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
+	int value;
 
 	/* libsubcmd init */
 	exec_cmd_init("perf", PREFIX, PERF_EXEC_PATH, EXEC_PATH_ENVIRONMENT);
@@ -542,6 +544,9 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 	page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE);
 	cacheline_size = sysconf(_SC_LEVEL1_DCACHE_LINESIZE);
 
+	if (sysctl__read_int("kernel/perf_event_max_stack", &value) == 0)
+		sysctl_perf_event_max_stack = value;
+
 	cmd = extract_argv0_path(argv[0]);
 	if (!cmd)
 		cmd = "perf-help";
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hists_cumulate.c b/tools/perf/tests/hists_cumulate.c
index ed5aa9eaeb6cf51d113e75620737641737a85fb6..4a2bbff9b1ee6f0190d73175668b5ea2bfb8f439 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hists_cumulate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hists_cumulate.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static int add_hist_entries(struct hists *hists, struct machine *machine)
 		if (machine__resolve(machine, &al, &sample) < 0)
 			goto out;
 
-		if (hist_entry_iter__add(&iter, &al, PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH,
+		if (hist_entry_iter__add(&iter, &al, sysctl_perf_event_max_stack,
 					 NULL) < 0) {
 			addr_location__put(&al);
 			goto out;
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hists_filter.c b/tools/perf/tests/hists_filter.c
index b825d24f81866b8756903ce8975beb74e932e326..e846f8c420136426fae224ce658946923b126f83 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hists_filter.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hists_filter.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static int add_hist_entries(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 
 			al.socket = fake_samples[i].socket;
 			if (hist_entry_iter__add(&iter, &al,
-						 PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH, NULL) < 0) {
+						 sysctl_perf_event_max_stack, NULL) < 0) {
 				addr_location__put(&al);
 				goto out;
 			}
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hists_output.c b/tools/perf/tests/hists_output.c
index d3556fbe8c5caeaa0dee938615417c64346e8551..7cd8738e842f0fa7b53a05e4a69d6e50e097909d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hists_output.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hists_output.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static int add_hist_entries(struct hists *hists, struct machine *machine)
 		if (machine__resolve(machine, &al, &sample) < 0)
 			goto out;
 
-		if (hist_entry_iter__add(&iter, &al, PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH,
+		if (hist_entry_iter__add(&iter, &al, sysctl_perf_event_max_stack,
 					 NULL) < 0) {
 			addr_location__put(&al);
 			goto out;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index 656c1d7ee7d46f771d473873823ae4c716bfaf06..2cb95bbf9ea67cb85ee3ce53240dab0bcb984f14 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -1764,7 +1764,7 @@ static int resolve_lbr_callchain_sample(struct thread *thread,
 		 */
 		int mix_chain_nr = i + 1 + lbr_nr + 1;
 
-		if (mix_chain_nr > PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH + PERF_MAX_BRANCH_DEPTH) {
+		if (mix_chain_nr > (int)sysctl_perf_event_max_stack + PERF_MAX_BRANCH_DEPTH) {
 			pr_warning("corrupted callchain. skipping...\n");
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -1825,7 +1825,7 @@ static int thread__resolve_callchain_sample(struct thread *thread,
 	 * Based on DWARF debug information, some architectures skip
 	 * a callchain entry saved by the kernel.
 	 */
-	if (chain->nr < PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH)
+	if (chain->nr < sysctl_perf_event_max_stack)
 		skip_idx = arch_skip_callchain_idx(thread, chain);
 
 	/*
@@ -1886,7 +1886,7 @@ static int thread__resolve_callchain_sample(struct thread *thread,
 	}
 
 check_calls:
-	if (chain->nr > PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH && (int)chain->nr > max_stack) {
+	if (chain->nr > sysctl_perf_event_max_stack && (int)chain->nr > max_stack) {
 		pr_warning("corrupted callchain. skipping...\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
index ae1cebc307c5bc09a2d4d30d8d733aa2d50b8ac8..62c7f6988e0e584cb16f6deab30a84b3b8672971 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ static SV *perl_process_callchain(struct perf_sample *sample,
 
 	if (thread__resolve_callchain(al->thread, &callchain_cursor, evsel,
 				      sample, NULL, NULL,
-				      PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH) != 0) {
+				      sysctl_perf_event_max_stack) != 0) {
 		pr_err("Failed to resolve callchain. Skipping\n");
 		goto exit;
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index 9473d46c00bba0985c28eafa0cf687f589c63dfa..619ba2061b62fcd9574da5c24ad2dadd54581120 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ struct callchain_param	callchain_param = {
 unsigned int page_size;
 int cacheline_size;
 
+unsigned int sysctl_perf_event_max_stack = PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH;
+
 bool test_attr__enabled;
 
 bool perf_host  = true;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index 26a924651e7be18e1683b5e36d741d3231f3e567..88f607af1f47036842f6ff77ad2c203b68dcb7c3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ void sighandler_dump_stack(int sig);
 
 extern unsigned int page_size;
 extern int cacheline_size;
+extern unsigned int sysctl_perf_event_max_stack;
 
 struct parse_tag {
 	char tag;