diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/stacktrace.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/stacktrace.h
index 35e89122a42f53191bdce81156417b305fe005ac..4dab78edbad9ff7315a8c30aebeb734f4e87da1e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/stacktrace.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/stacktrace.h
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 extern int kstack_depth_to_print;
 
-int x86_is_stack_id(int id, char *name);
-
 struct thread_info;
 struct stacktrace_ops;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index d616c06e99b4098f9836b28ecd200194bfcd1445..b1bb8c550526ac36a8e1af514cf3ca74d7dc6c69 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -2297,7 +2297,6 @@ void callchain_store(struct perf_callchain_entry *entry, u64 ip)
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct perf_callchain_entry, pmc_irq_entry);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct perf_callchain_entry, pmc_nmi_entry);
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, in_ignored_frame);
 
 
 static void
@@ -2313,10 +2312,6 @@ static void backtrace_warning(void *data, char *msg)
 
 static int backtrace_stack(void *data, char *name)
 {
-	per_cpu(in_ignored_frame, smp_processor_id()) =
-			x86_is_stack_id(NMI_STACK, name) ||
-			x86_is_stack_id(DEBUG_STACK, name);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2324,9 +2319,6 @@ static void backtrace_address(void *data, unsigned long addr, int reliable)
 {
 	struct perf_callchain_entry *entry = data;
 
-	if (per_cpu(in_ignored_frame, smp_processor_id()))
-		return;
-
 	if (reliable)
 		callchain_store(entry, addr);
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c
index ae775ca47b25c463fb8688cd4e47a92efa6a1a1e..11540a189d9311e6a0fb4c44e685fc82799fdd0e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@
 
 #include "dumpstack.h"
 
-/* Just a stub for now */
-int x86_is_stack_id(int id, char *name)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
 
 void dump_trace(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
 		unsigned long *stack, unsigned long bp,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
index 0ad9597073f5a53aabb5f3dbbd85ea4cae947d60..676bc051252e7729bb0918d7607a837a56484e4f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ static char x86_stack_ids[][8] = {
 #endif
 };
 
-int x86_is_stack_id(int id, char *name)
-{
-	return x86_stack_ids[id - 1] == name;
-}
-
 static unsigned long *in_exception_stack(unsigned cpu, unsigned long stack,
 					 unsigned *usedp, char **idp)
 {