diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
index 730876187344..20899919ead8 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
@@ -241,21 +241,11 @@ static inline void ftrace_free_mem(struct module *mod, void *start, void *end) {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_STACK_TRACER
 
-#define STACK_TRACE_ENTRIES 500
-
-struct stack_trace;
-
-extern unsigned stack_trace_index[];
-extern struct stack_trace stack_trace_max;
-extern unsigned long stack_trace_max_size;
-extern arch_spinlock_t stack_trace_max_lock;
-
 extern int stack_tracer_enabled;
-void stack_trace_print(void);
-int
-stack_trace_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
-		   void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
-		   loff_t *ppos);
+
+int stack_trace_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+		       void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
+		       loff_t *ppos);
 
 /* DO NOT MODIFY THIS VARIABLE DIRECTLY! */
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(int, disable_stack_tracer);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
index c6e54ff25cae..4efda5f75a0f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
@@ -18,30 +18,26 @@
 
 #include "trace.h"
 
-static unsigned long stack_dump_trace[STACK_TRACE_ENTRIES + 1];
-unsigned stack_trace_index[STACK_TRACE_ENTRIES];
+#define STACK_TRACE_ENTRIES 500
+
+static unsigned long stack_dump_trace[STACK_TRACE_ENTRIES];
+static unsigned stack_trace_index[STACK_TRACE_ENTRIES];
 
-/*
- * Reserve one entry for the passed in ip. This will allow
- * us to remove most or all of the stack size overhead
- * added by the stack tracer itself.
- */
 struct stack_trace stack_trace_max = {
-	.max_entries		= STACK_TRACE_ENTRIES - 1,
+	.max_entries		= STACK_TRACE_ENTRIES,
 	.entries		= &stack_dump_trace[0],
 };
 
-unsigned long stack_trace_max_size;
-arch_spinlock_t stack_trace_max_lock =
+static unsigned long stack_trace_max_size;
+static arch_spinlock_t stack_trace_max_lock =
 	(arch_spinlock_t)__ARCH_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
 
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, disable_stack_tracer);
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(stack_sysctl_mutex);
 
 int stack_tracer_enabled;
-static int last_stack_tracer_enabled;
 
-void stack_trace_print(void)
+static void print_max_stack(void)
 {
 	long i;
 	int size;
@@ -61,16 +57,7 @@ void stack_trace_print(void)
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * When arch-specific code overrides this function, the following
- * data should be filled up, assuming stack_trace_max_lock is held to
- * prevent concurrent updates.
- *     stack_trace_index[]
- *     stack_trace_max
- *     stack_trace_max_size
- */
-void __weak
-check_stack(unsigned long ip, unsigned long *stack)
+static void check_stack(unsigned long ip, unsigned long *stack)
 {
 	unsigned long this_size, flags; unsigned long *p, *top, *start;
 	static int tracer_frame;
@@ -179,7 +166,7 @@ check_stack(unsigned long ip, unsigned long *stack)
 	stack_trace_max.nr_entries = x;
 
 	if (task_stack_end_corrupted(current)) {
-		stack_trace_print();
+		print_max_stack();
 		BUG();
 	}
 
@@ -412,23 +399,21 @@ stack_trace_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		   void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
 		   loff_t *ppos)
 {
+	int was_enabled;
 	int ret;
 
 	mutex_lock(&stack_sysctl_mutex);
+	was_enabled = !!stack_tracer_enabled;
 
 	ret = proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 
-	if (ret || !write ||
-	    (last_stack_tracer_enabled == !!stack_tracer_enabled))
+	if (ret || !write || (was_enabled == !!stack_tracer_enabled))
 		goto out;
 
-	last_stack_tracer_enabled = !!stack_tracer_enabled;
-
 	if (stack_tracer_enabled)
 		register_ftrace_function(&trace_ops);
 	else
 		unregister_ftrace_function(&trace_ops);
-
  out:
 	mutex_unlock(&stack_sysctl_mutex);
 	return ret;
@@ -444,7 +429,6 @@ static __init int enable_stacktrace(char *str)
 		strncpy(stack_trace_filter_buf, str + len, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
 
 	stack_tracer_enabled = 1;
-	last_stack_tracer_enabled = 1;
 	return 1;
 }
 __setup("stacktrace", enable_stacktrace);