diff --git a/drivers/base/node.c b/drivers/base/node.c
index 264cc214c4df..29cd96661b30 100644
--- a/drivers/base/node.c
+++ b/drivers/base/node.c
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ static ssize_t node_read_meminfo(struct device *dev,
 		       nid, K(node_page_state(pgdat, NR_FILE_MAPPED)),
 		       nid, K(node_page_state(pgdat, NR_ANON_MAPPED)),
 		       nid, K(i.sharedram),
-		       nid, sum_zone_node_page_state(nid, NR_KERNEL_STACK) *
-				THREAD_SIZE / 1024,
+		       nid, sum_zone_node_page_state(nid, NR_KERNEL_STACK_KB),
 		       nid, K(sum_zone_node_page_state(nid, NR_PAGETABLE)),
 		       nid, K(node_page_state(pgdat, NR_UNSTABLE_NFS)),
 		       nid, K(sum_zone_node_page_state(nid, NR_BOUNCE)),
diff --git a/fs/proc/meminfo.c b/fs/proc/meminfo.c
index c1fdcc1a907a..09e18fdf61e5 100644
--- a/fs/proc/meminfo.c
+++ b/fs/proc/meminfo.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static int meminfo_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 				global_page_state(NR_SLAB_UNRECLAIMABLE)),
 		K(global_page_state(NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE)),
 		K(global_page_state(NR_SLAB_UNRECLAIMABLE)),
-		global_page_state(NR_KERNEL_STACK) * THREAD_SIZE / 1024,
+		global_page_state(NR_KERNEL_STACK_KB),
 		K(global_page_state(NR_PAGETABLE)),
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUICKLIST
 		K(quicklist_total_size()),
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index ca0fbc483441..f2e4e90621ec 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ enum zone_stat_item {
 	NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE,
 	NR_SLAB_UNRECLAIMABLE,
 	NR_PAGETABLE,		/* used for pagetables */
-	NR_KERNEL_STACK,
+	NR_KERNEL_STACK_KB,	/* measured in KiB */
 	/* Second 128 byte cacheline */
 	NR_BOUNCE,
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZSMALLOC)
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index de21f25e0d2c..af3637e0ee52 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ static void account_kernel_stack(unsigned long *stack, int account)
 {
 	struct zone *zone = page_zone(virt_to_page(stack));
 
-	mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_KERNEL_STACK, account);
+	mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_KERNEL_STACK_KB,
+			    THREAD_SIZE / 1024 * account);
 }
 
 void free_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index dfdb608f7b3d..c281125b2349 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -4359,8 +4359,7 @@ void show_free_areas(unsigned int filter)
 			K(zone_page_state(zone, NR_MLOCK)),
 			K(zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE)),
 			K(zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB_UNRECLAIMABLE)),
-			zone_page_state(zone, NR_KERNEL_STACK) *
-				THREAD_SIZE / 1024,
+			zone_page_state(zone, NR_KERNEL_STACK_KB),
 			K(zone_page_state(zone, NR_PAGETABLE)),
 			K(zone_page_state(zone, NR_BOUNCE)),
 			K(free_pcp),