diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 6801123932a5..facace0c90fc 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -290,6 +290,13 @@ config HAVE_RSEQ
 	  This symbol should be selected by an architecture if it
 	  supports an implementation of restartable sequences.
 
+config HAVE_FUNCTION_ARG_ACCESS_API
+	bool
+	help
+	  This symbol should be selected by an architecure if it supports
+	  the API needed to access function arguments from pt_regs,
+	  declared in asm/ptrace.h
+
 config HAVE_CLK
 	bool
 	help
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 1a0be022f91d..972973851779 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ config X86
 	select HAVE_RCU_TABLE_INVALIDATE	if HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE
 	select HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
 	select HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE		if X86_64 && (UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER || UNWINDER_ORC) && STACK_VALIDATION
+	select HAVE_FUNCTION_ARG_ACCESS_API
 	select HAVE_STACKPROTECTOR		if CC_HAS_SANE_STACKPROTECTOR
 	select HAVE_STACK_VALIDATION		if X86_64
 	select HAVE_RSEQ
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 6de1fd3d0097..c2304b25e2fd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -256,6 +256,44 @@ static inline unsigned long regs_get_kernel_stack_nth(struct pt_regs *regs,
 		return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * regs_get_kernel_argument() - get Nth function argument in kernel
+ * @regs:	pt_regs of that context
+ * @n:		function argument number (start from 0)
+ *
+ * regs_get_argument() returns @n th argument of the function call.
+ * Note that this chooses most probably assignment, in some case
+ * it can be incorrect.
+ * This is expected to be called from kprobes or ftrace with regs
+ * where the top of stack is the return address.
+ */
+static inline unsigned long regs_get_kernel_argument(struct pt_regs *regs,
+						     unsigned int n)
+{
+	static const unsigned int argument_offs[] = {
+#ifdef __i386__
+		offsetof(struct pt_regs, ax),
+		offsetof(struct pt_regs, cx),
+		offsetof(struct pt_regs, dx),
+#define NR_REG_ARGUMENTS 3
+#else
+		offsetof(struct pt_regs, di),
+		offsetof(struct pt_regs, si),
+		offsetof(struct pt_regs, dx),
+		offsetof(struct pt_regs, cx),
+		offsetof(struct pt_regs, r8),
+		offsetof(struct pt_regs, r9),
+#define NR_REG_ARGUMENTS 6
+#endif
+	};
+
+	if (n >= NR_REG_ARGUMENTS) {
+		n -= NR_REG_ARGUMENTS - 1;
+		return regs_get_kernel_stack_nth(regs, n);
+	} else
+		return regs_get_register(regs, argument_offs[n]);
+}
+
 #define arch_has_single_step()	(1)
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_DEBUGCTLMSR
 #define arch_has_block_step()	(1)