diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c
index 2d182f119d1ddd28bc185b9c56d2bdbbdcfab560..58d6a6109040ce0955fb4c43ca1d9d891c51699b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ void prepare_ftrace_return(unsigned long *parent, unsigned long self_addr)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (ftrace_push_return_trace(old, self_addr, &trace.depth) == -EBUSY) {
+	if (ftrace_push_return_trace(old, self_addr, &trace.depth, 0) == -EBUSY) {
 		*parent = old;
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/s390/kernel/ftrace.c
index 82ddfd3a75aff0e60ac3c2bebae964fcf8808477..3e298e64f0dbc26b2d90f9d99996e4c091316855 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ unsigned long prepare_ftrace_return(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent)
 		goto out;
 	if (unlikely(atomic_read(&current->tracing_graph_pause)))
 		goto out;
-	if (ftrace_push_return_trace(parent, ip, &trace.depth) == -EBUSY)
+	if (ftrace_push_return_trace(parent, ip, &trace.depth, 0) == -EBUSY)
 		goto out;
 	trace.func = ftrace_mcount_call_adjust(ip) & PSW_ADDR_INSN;
 	/* Only trace if the calling function expects to. */
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 356d2ec8e2fbbf0a4e0ccee99c1f261226ed4cde..fcf12af074270a299a6088e323ffcb16d53f512c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ config X86
 	select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
+	select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST
 	select HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER if DYNAMIC_FTRACE
 	select HAVE_FTRACE_SYSCALLS
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
index c929add475c9caf073f97c11b15ff6d645226126..0d4b28564c142fe59e6c6c8004c9ebac846f9544 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
@@ -1154,6 +1154,7 @@ ENTRY(ftrace_graph_caller)
 	pushl %edx
 	movl 0xc(%esp), %edx
 	lea 0x4(%ebp), %eax
+	movl (%ebp), %ecx
 	subl $MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE, %edx
 	call prepare_ftrace_return
 	popl %edx
@@ -1168,6 +1169,7 @@ return_to_handler:
 	pushl %eax
 	pushl %ecx
 	pushl %edx
+	movl %ebp, %eax
 	call ftrace_return_to_handler
 	movl %eax, 0xc(%esp)
 	popl %edx
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
index de74f0a3e0ed38a75563baea16934d530a3e68d2..c251be7451079ac9150033b5987f6259902328b0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ ENTRY(ftrace_graph_caller)
 
 	leaq 8(%rbp), %rdi
 	movq 0x38(%rsp), %rsi
+	movq (%rbp), %rdx
 	subq $MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE, %rsi
 
 	call	prepare_ftrace_return
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ GLOBAL(return_to_handler)
 	/* Save the return values */
 	movq %rax, (%rsp)
 	movq %rdx, 8(%rsp)
+	movq %rbp, %rdi
 
 	call ftrace_return_to_handler
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
index b79c5533c421b4aa7e18d753b64dba3c1f055b90..d94e1ea3b9fe03557f99494fd4ba123143103233 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -408,7 +408,8 @@ int ftrace_disable_ftrace_graph_caller(void)
  * Hook the return address and push it in the stack of return addrs
  * in current thread info.
  */
-void prepare_ftrace_return(unsigned long *parent, unsigned long self_addr)
+void prepare_ftrace_return(unsigned long *parent, unsigned long self_addr,
+			   unsigned long frame_pointer)
 {
 	unsigned long old;
 	int faulted;
@@ -453,7 +454,8 @@ void prepare_ftrace_return(unsigned long *parent, unsigned long self_addr)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (ftrace_push_return_trace(old, self_addr, &trace.depth) == -EBUSY) {
+	if (ftrace_push_return_trace(old, self_addr, &trace.depth,
+		    frame_pointer) == -EBUSY) {
 		*parent = old;
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
index 39b95c56587e8f1f8852aed9318148fcc16aac56..dc3b1328aaeb6146f0593fafbdbfcde9eeaf8bc2 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ struct ftrace_ret_stack {
 	unsigned long func;
 	unsigned long long calltime;
 	unsigned long long subtime;
+	unsigned long fp;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -372,7 +373,8 @@ struct ftrace_ret_stack {
 extern void return_to_handler(void);
 
 extern int
-ftrace_push_return_trace(unsigned long ret, unsigned long func, int *depth);
+ftrace_push_return_trace(unsigned long ret, unsigned long func, int *depth,
+			 unsigned long frame_pointer);
 
 /*
  * Sometimes we don't want to trace a function with the function
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index 1eac85253ce96f8feaf13fcdc05a82998ea4b92e..b17ed8787ded741a19067598d332df7de15080c3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
 config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
 	bool
 
+config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST
+	bool
+	help
+	 An arch may pass in a unique value (frame pointer) to both the
+	 entering and exiting of a function. On exit, the value is compared
+	 and if it does not match, then it will panic the kernel.
+
 config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST
 	bool
 	help
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c b/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
index 8b592418d8b28953a28e40c2202a50cb2b40dd37..d2249abafb53ed66430678f99d7d7642962e7d90 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ static struct tracer_flags tracer_flags = {
 
 /* Add a function return address to the trace stack on thread info.*/
 int
-ftrace_push_return_trace(unsigned long ret, unsigned long func, int *depth)
+ftrace_push_return_trace(unsigned long ret, unsigned long func, int *depth,
+			 unsigned long frame_pointer)
 {
 	unsigned long long calltime;
 	int index;
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ ftrace_push_return_trace(unsigned long ret, unsigned long func, int *depth)
 	current->ret_stack[index].func = func;
 	current->ret_stack[index].calltime = calltime;
 	current->ret_stack[index].subtime = 0;
+	current->ret_stack[index].fp = frame_pointer;
 	*depth = index;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -92,7 +94,8 @@ ftrace_push_return_trace(unsigned long ret, unsigned long func, int *depth)
 
 /* Retrieve a function return address to the trace stack on thread info.*/
 static void
-ftrace_pop_return_trace(struct ftrace_graph_ret *trace, unsigned long *ret)
+ftrace_pop_return_trace(struct ftrace_graph_ret *trace, unsigned long *ret,
+			unsigned long frame_pointer)
 {
 	int index;
 
@@ -106,6 +109,31 @@ ftrace_pop_return_trace(struct ftrace_graph_ret *trace, unsigned long *ret)
 		return;
 	}
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST
+	/*
+	 * The arch may choose to record the frame pointer used
+	 * and check it here to make sure that it is what we expect it
+	 * to be. If gcc does not set the place holder of the return
+	 * address in the frame pointer, and does a copy instead, then
+	 * the function graph trace will fail. This test detects this
+	 * case.
+	 *
+	 * Currently, x86_32 with optimize for size (-Os) makes the latest
+	 * gcc do the above.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(current->ret_stack[index].fp != frame_pointer)) {
+		ftrace_graph_stop();
+		WARN(1, "Bad frame pointer: expected %lx, received %lx\n"
+		     "  from func %pF return to %lx\n",
+		     current->ret_stack[index].fp,
+		     frame_pointer,
+		     (void *)current->ret_stack[index].func,
+		     current->ret_stack[index].ret);
+		*ret = (unsigned long)panic;
+		return;
+	}
+#endif
+
 	*ret = current->ret_stack[index].ret;
 	trace->func = current->ret_stack[index].func;
 	trace->calltime = current->ret_stack[index].calltime;
@@ -117,12 +145,12 @@ ftrace_pop_return_trace(struct ftrace_graph_ret *trace, unsigned long *ret)
  * Send the trace to the ring-buffer.
  * @return the original return address.
  */
-unsigned long ftrace_return_to_handler(void)
+unsigned long ftrace_return_to_handler(unsigned long frame_pointer)
 {
 	struct ftrace_graph_ret trace;
 	unsigned long ret;
 
-	ftrace_pop_return_trace(&trace, &ret);
+	ftrace_pop_return_trace(&trace, &ret, frame_pointer);
 	trace.rettime = trace_clock_local();
 	ftrace_graph_return(&trace);
 	barrier();