diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/stacktrace.c b/arch/arc/kernel/stacktrace.c
index bf40e06f3fb8..0fed32b95923 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/stacktrace.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/stacktrace.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ arc_unwind_core(struct task_struct *tsk, struct pt_regs *regs,
 		int (*consumer_fn) (unsigned int, void *), void *arg)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARC_DW2_UNWIND
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret = 0, cnt = 0;
 	unsigned int address;
 	struct unwind_frame_info frame_info;
 
@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ arc_unwind_core(struct task_struct *tsk, struct pt_regs *regs,
 			break;
 
 		frame_info.regs.r63 = frame_info.regs.r31;
+
+		if (cnt++ > 128) {
+			printk("unwinder looping too long, aborting !\n");
+			return 0;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return address;		/* return the last address it saw */