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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
index 9a6f8e820ae1..df541ac2071e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@
#define PAGE_TABLE_SIZE(pages) ((pages) / PTRS_PER_PGD)
#endif
+#define SIZEOF_PTREGS 17*4
+
/*
* Number of possible pages in the lowmem region.
*
@@ -708,7 +710,12 @@ ENTRY(initial_page_table)
.data
.balign 4
ENTRY(initial_stack)
- .long init_thread_union+THREAD_SIZE
+ /*
+ * The SIZEOF_PTREGS gap is a convention which helps the in-kernel
+ * unwinder reliably detect the end of the stack.
+ */
+ .long init_thread_union + THREAD_SIZE - SIZEOF_PTREGS - \
+ TOP_OF_KERNEL_STACK_PADDING;
__INITRODATA
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