diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index a287e8b..a958672 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -3094,11 +3094,19 @@
 {
 	return &task->thread_info;
 }
+
+/*
+ * When accessing the stack of a non-current task that might exit, use
+ * try_get_task_stack() instead.  task_stack_page will return a pointer
+ * that could get freed out from under you.
+ */
 static inline void *task_stack_page(const struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	return task->stack;
 }
+
 #define setup_thread_stack(new,old)	do { } while(0)
+
 static inline unsigned long *end_of_stack(const struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	return task->stack;
@@ -3134,6 +3142,14 @@
 }
 
 #endif
+
+static inline void *try_get_task_stack(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	return task_stack_page(tsk);
+}
+
+static inline void put_task_stack(struct task_struct *tsk) {}
+
 #define task_stack_end_corrupted(task) \
 		(*(end_of_stack(task)) != STACK_END_MAGIC)
 
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index ec8d438..3b9a47f 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 	  make this work, an arch will need to remove all thread_info fields
 	  except flags and fix any runtime bugs.
 
+	  One subtle change that will be needed is to use try_get_task_stack()
+	  and put_task_stack() in save_thread_stack_tsk() and get_wchan().
+
 menu "General setup"
 
 config BROKEN