diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/unaligned.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/unaligned.c
index ff0e7c1..6db0859 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/unaligned.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/unaligned.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
  *  (i.e. don't allow attacker to fill up logs with unaligned accesses).
  */
 int no_unaligned_warning;
+int unaligned_dump_stack;
 static int noprint_warning;
 
 /*
@@ -1371,9 +1372,12 @@
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
-		if (within_logging_rate_limit())
+		if (within_logging_rate_limit()) {
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "kernel unaligned access to 0x%016lx, ip=0x%016lx\n",
 			       ifa, regs->cr_iip + ipsr->ri);
+			if (unaligned_dump_stack)
+				dump_stack();
+		}
 		set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
 	}
 
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 3e38b74..368d163 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IA64
 extern int no_unaligned_warning;
+extern int unaligned_dump_stack;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RT_MUTEXES
@@ -781,6 +782,14 @@
 	 	.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
 	},
+	{
+		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
+		.procname	= "unaligned-dump-stack",
+		.data		= &unaligned_dump_stack,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof (int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
+	},
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
 	{