diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/stacktrace.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/stacktrace.h
index 0bf8281..780ee2c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/stacktrace.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/stacktrace.h
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 extern int raw_show_trace;
 extern unsigned long unwind_stack(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long *sp,
 				  unsigned long pc, unsigned long *ra);
+extern unsigned long unwind_stack_by_address(unsigned long stack_page,
+					     unsigned long *sp,
+					     unsigned long pc,
+					     unsigned long *ra);
 #else
 #define raw_show_trace 1
 static inline unsigned long unwind_stack(struct task_struct *task,
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c
index d2112d3..c28fbe6 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c
@@ -373,18 +373,18 @@
 
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
-/* used by show_backtrace() */
-unsigned long unwind_stack(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long *sp,
-			   unsigned long pc, unsigned long *ra)
+/* generic stack unwinding function */
+unsigned long notrace unwind_stack_by_address(unsigned long stack_page,
+					      unsigned long *sp,
+					      unsigned long pc,
+					      unsigned long *ra)
 {
-	unsigned long stack_page;
 	struct mips_frame_info info;
 	unsigned long size, ofs;
 	int leaf;
 	extern void ret_from_irq(void);
 	extern void ret_from_exception(void);
 
-	stack_page = (unsigned long)task_stack_page(task);
 	if (!stack_page)
 		return 0;
 
@@ -443,6 +443,15 @@
 	*ra = 0;
 	return __kernel_text_address(pc) ? pc : 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(unwind_stack_by_address);
+
+/* used by show_backtrace() */
+unsigned long unwind_stack(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long *sp,
+			   unsigned long pc, unsigned long *ra)
+{
+	unsigned long stack_page = (unsigned long)task_stack_page(task);
+	return unwind_stack_by_address(stack_page, sp, pc, ra);
+}
 #endif
 
 /*