diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
index 02484d17fb6f..8ea28e6ab37d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ static void show_stacktrace(struct task_struct *task,
 void show_stack(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long *sp)
 {
 	struct pt_regs regs;
+	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
 	if (sp) {
 		regs.regs[29] = (unsigned long)sp;
 		regs.regs[31] = 0;
@@ -210,7 +211,13 @@ void show_stack(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long *sp)
 			prepare_frametrace(&regs);
 		}
 	}
+	/*
+	 * show_stack() deals exclusively with kernel mode, so be sure to access
+	 * the stack in the kernel (not user) address space.
+	 */
+	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
 	show_stacktrace(task, &regs);
+	set_fs(old_fs);
 }
 
 static void show_code(unsigned int __user *pc)