diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/time.c b/arch/i386/kernel/time.c
index edd00f6cee37..5af802ef00b2 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/time.c
@@ -130,18 +130,33 @@ static int set_rtc_mmss(unsigned long nowtime)
 
 int timer_ack;
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER)
 unsigned long profile_pc(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	unsigned long pc = instruction_pointer(regs);
 
-	if (!user_mode_vm(regs) && in_lock_functions(pc))
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	if (!user_mode_vm(regs) && in_lock_functions(pc)) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
 		return *(unsigned long *)(regs->ebp + 4);
-
+#else
+		unsigned long *sp;
+		if ((regs->xcs & 3) == 0)
+			sp = (unsigned long *)&regs->esp;
+		else
+			sp = (unsigned long *)regs->esp;
+		/* Return address is either directly at stack pointer
+		   or above a saved eflags. Eflags has bits 22-31 zero,
+		   kernel addresses don't. */
+ 		if (sp[0] >> 22)
+			return sp[0];
+		if (sp[1] >> 22)
+			return sp[1];
+#endif
+	}
+#endif
 	return pc;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(profile_pc);
-#endif
 
 /*
  * This is the same as the above, except we _also_ save the current
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/ptrace.h b/include/asm-i386/ptrace.h
index f324c53b6f9a..30a442ec2059 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/ptrace.h
@@ -80,11 +80,7 @@ static inline int user_mode_vm(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	return ((regs->xcs & 3) | (regs->eflags & VM_MASK)) != 0;
 }
 #define instruction_pointer(regs) ((regs)->eip)
-#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER)
 extern unsigned long profile_pc(struct pt_regs *regs);
-#else
-#define profile_pc(regs) instruction_pointer(regs)
-#endif
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/spinlock.c b/kernel/spinlock.c
index fb524b009eef..9644a41e0bef 100644
--- a/kernel/spinlock.c
+++ b/kernel/spinlock.c
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
  *
  * This file contains the spinlock/rwlock implementations for the
  * SMP and the DEBUG_SPINLOCK cases. (UP-nondebug inlines them)
+ *
+ * Note that some architectures have special knowledge about the
+ * stack frames of these functions in their profile_pc. If you
+ * change anything significant here that could change the stack
+ * frame contact the architecture maintainers.
  */
 
 #include <linux/linkage.h>