diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index 3c1bbcf129245a..f1fd0889e8af42 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -499,27 +499,59 @@ void set_personality_ia32(bool x32)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(set_personality_ia32);
 
+/*
+ * Called from fs/proc with a reference on @p to find the function
+ * which called into schedule(). This needs to be done carefully
+ * because the task might wake up and we might look at a stack
+ * changing under us.
+ */
 unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p)
 {
-	unsigned long stack;
-	u64 fp, ip;
+	unsigned long start, bottom, top, sp, fp, ip;
 	int count = 0;
 
 	if (!p || p == current || p->state == TASK_RUNNING)
 		return 0;
-	stack = (unsigned long)task_stack_page(p);
-	if (p->thread.sp < stack || p->thread.sp >= stack+THREAD_SIZE)
+
+	start = (unsigned long)task_stack_page(p);
+	if (!start)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Layout of the stack page:
+	 *
+	 * ----------- topmax = start + THREAD_SIZE - sizeof(unsigned long)
+	 * PADDING
+	 * ----------- top = topmax - TOP_OF_KERNEL_STACK_PADDING
+	 * stack
+	 * ----------- bottom = start + sizeof(thread_info)
+	 * thread_info
+	 * ----------- start
+	 *
+	 * The tasks stack pointer points at the location where the
+	 * framepointer is stored. The data on the stack is:
+	 * ... IP FP ... IP FP
+	 *
+	 * We need to read FP and IP, so we need to adjust the upper
+	 * bound by another unsigned long.
+	 */
+	top = start + THREAD_SIZE - TOP_OF_KERNEL_STACK_PADDING;
+	top -= 2 * sizeof(unsigned long);
+	bottom = start + sizeof(struct thread_info);
+
+	sp = READ_ONCE(p->thread.sp);
+	if (sp < bottom || sp > top)
 		return 0;
-	fp = *(u64 *)(p->thread.sp);
+
+	fp = READ_ONCE(*(unsigned long *)sp);
 	do {
-		if (fp < (unsigned long)stack ||
-		    fp >= (unsigned long)stack+THREAD_SIZE)
+		if (fp < bottom || fp > top)
 			return 0;
-		ip = *(u64 *)(fp+8);
+		ip = READ_ONCE(*(unsigned long *)(fp + sizeof(unsigned long)));
 		if (!in_sched_functions(ip))
 			return ip;
-		fp = *(u64 *)fp;
-	} while (count++ < 16);
+		fp = READ_ONCE(*(unsigned long *)fp);
+	} while (count++ < 16 && p->state != TASK_RUNNING);
 	return 0;
 }