diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/backtrace.c b/arch/x86/oprofile/backtrace.c
index 3855096c59b81910fe827c76151e84bbac836770..2d49d4e19a3619c0be2c7d17a892b8aea582048f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/oprofile/backtrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/backtrace.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/stacktrace.h>
+#include <linux/compat.h>
 
 static void backtrace_warning_symbol(void *data, char *msg,
 				     unsigned long symbol)
@@ -48,14 +49,12 @@ static struct stacktrace_ops backtrace_ops = {
 	.walk_stack	= print_context_stack,
 };
 
-struct frame_head {
-	struct frame_head *bp;
-	unsigned long ret;
-} __attribute__((packed));
-
-static struct frame_head *dump_user_backtrace(struct frame_head *head)
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
+static struct stack_frame_ia32 *
+dump_user_backtrace_32(struct stack_frame_ia32 *head)
 {
-	struct frame_head bufhead[2];
+	struct stack_frame_ia32 bufhead[2];
+	struct stack_frame_ia32 *fp;
 
 	/* Also check accessibility of one struct frame_head beyond */
 	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, head, sizeof(bufhead)))
@@ -63,20 +62,66 @@ static struct frame_head *dump_user_backtrace(struct frame_head *head)
 	if (__copy_from_user_inatomic(bufhead, head, sizeof(bufhead)))
 		return NULL;
 
-	oprofile_add_trace(bufhead[0].ret);
+	fp = (struct stack_frame_ia32 *) compat_ptr(bufhead[0].next_frame);
+
+	oprofile_add_trace(bufhead[0].return_address);
+
+	/* frame pointers should strictly progress back up the stack
+	* (towards higher addresses) */
+	if (head >= fp)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return fp;
+}
+
+static inline int
+x86_backtrace_32(struct pt_regs * const regs, unsigned int depth)
+{
+	struct stack_frame_ia32 *head;
+
+	/* User process is 32-bit */
+	if (!current || !test_thread_flag(TIF_IA32))
+		return 0;
+
+	head = (struct stack_frame_ia32 *) regs->bp;
+	while (depth-- && head)
+		head = dump_user_backtrace_32(head);
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+#else
+static inline int
+x86_backtrace_32(struct pt_regs * const regs, unsigned int depth)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_COMPAT */
+
+static struct stack_frame *dump_user_backtrace(struct stack_frame *head)
+{
+	struct stack_frame bufhead[2];
+
+	/* Also check accessibility of one struct stack_frame beyond */
+	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, head, sizeof(bufhead)))
+		return NULL;
+	if (__copy_from_user_inatomic(bufhead, head, sizeof(bufhead)))
+		return NULL;
+
+	oprofile_add_trace(bufhead[0].return_address);
 
 	/* frame pointers should strictly progress back up the stack
 	 * (towards higher addresses) */
-	if (head >= bufhead[0].bp)
+	if (head >= bufhead[0].next_frame)
 		return NULL;
 
-	return bufhead[0].bp;
+	return bufhead[0].next_frame;
 }
 
 void
 x86_backtrace(struct pt_regs * const regs, unsigned int depth)
 {
-	struct frame_head *head = (struct frame_head *)frame_pointer(regs);
+	struct stack_frame *head = (struct stack_frame *)frame_pointer(regs);
 
 	if (!user_mode_vm(regs)) {
 		unsigned long stack = kernel_stack_pointer(regs);
@@ -86,6 +131,9 @@ x86_backtrace(struct pt_regs * const regs, unsigned int depth)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if (x86_backtrace_32(regs, depth))
+		return;
+
 	while (depth-- && head)
 		head = dump_user_backtrace(head);
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c b/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c
index f1575c9a2572074cad464ae2f9c51ee88e63bce3..bd1489c3ce09b7416c400701f7fb407eae673615 100644
--- a/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c
+++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c
@@ -695,9 +695,6 @@ static int __init ppro_init(char **cpu_type)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-/* in order to get sysfs right */
-static int using_nmi;
-
 int __init op_nmi_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops)
 {
 	__u8 vendor = boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor;
@@ -705,8 +702,6 @@ int __init op_nmi_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops)
 	char *cpu_type = NULL;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	using_nmi = 0;
-
 	if (!cpu_has_apic)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
@@ -790,13 +785,11 @@ int __init op_nmi_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	using_nmi = 1;
 	printk(KERN_INFO "oprofile: using NMI interrupt.\n");
 	return 0;
 }
 
 void op_nmi_exit(void)
 {
-	if (using_nmi)
-		exit_sysfs();
+	exit_sysfs();
 }