diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 3fa4c59..5ad4199 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -492,6 +492,8 @@
 __trace_printk(unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, ...)
 	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
 
+extern void trace_dump_stack(void);
+
 /*
  * The double __builtin_constant_p is because gcc will give us an error
  * if we try to allocate the static variable to fmt if it is not a
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 88bd9ae..f531301 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -1151,6 +1151,22 @@
 	__ftrace_trace_stack(tr->buffer, flags, skip, pc);
 }
 
+/**
+ * trace_dump_stack - record a stack back trace in the trace buffer
+ */
+void trace_dump_stack(void)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	if (tracing_disabled || tracing_selftest_running)
+		return 0;
+
+	local_save_flags(flags);
+
+	/* skipping 3 traces, seems to get us at the caller of this function */
+	__ftrace_trace_stack(global_trace.buffer, flags, 3, preempt_count());
+}
+
 void
 ftrace_trace_userstack(struct ring_buffer *buffer, unsigned long flags, int pc)
 {