diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
index 171b3e811c71..4733877296d4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <asm/procinfo.h>
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 #include <asm/constants.h>
+#include <asm/thread_info.h>
 #include <asm/system.h>
 
 #define PROCINFO_MMUFLAGS	8
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ __switch_data:
 	.long	processor_id			@ r4
 	.long	__machine_arch_type		@ r5
 	.long	cr_alignment			@ r6
-	.long	init_thread_union+8192		@ sp
+	.long	init_thread_union + THREAD_START_SP @ sp
 
 /*
  * The following fragment of code is executed with the MMU on, and uses
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
index 26eacd3e5def..8f146a4b4752 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
@@ -256,8 +256,6 @@ static unsigned long *thread_info_head;
 static unsigned int nr_thread_info;
 
 #define EXTRA_TASK_STRUCT	4
-#define ll_alloc_task_struct() ((struct thread_info *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL,1))
-#define ll_free_task_struct(p) free_pages((unsigned long)(p),1)
 
 struct thread_info *alloc_thread_info(struct task_struct *task)
 {
@@ -274,17 +272,16 @@ struct thread_info *alloc_thread_info(struct task_struct *task)
 	}
 
 	if (!thread)
-		thread = ll_alloc_task_struct();
+		thread = (struct thread_info *)
+			   __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, THREAD_SIZE_ORDER);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
 	/*
 	 * The stack must be cleared if you want SYSRQ-T to
 	 * give sensible stack usage information
 	 */
-	if (thread) {
-		char *p = (char *)thread;
-		memzero(p+KERNEL_STACK_SIZE, KERNEL_STACK_SIZE);
-	}
+	if (thread)
+		memzero(thread, THREAD_SIZE);
 #endif
 	return thread;
 }
@@ -297,7 +294,7 @@ void free_thread_info(struct thread_info *thread)
 		thread_info_head = p;
 		nr_thread_info += 1;
 	} else
-		ll_free_task_struct(thread);
+		free_pages((unsigned long)thread, THREAD_SIZE_ORDER);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -350,7 +347,7 @@ copy_thread(int nr, unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long stack_start,
 	struct thread_info *thread = p->thread_info;
 	struct pt_regs *childregs;
 
-	childregs = ((struct pt_regs *)((unsigned long)thread + THREAD_SIZE - 8)) - 1;
+	childregs = ((struct pt_regs *)((unsigned long)thread + THREAD_START_SP)) - 1;
 	*childregs = *regs;
 	childregs->ARM_r0 = 0;
 	childregs->ARM_sp = stack_start;
@@ -447,15 +444,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread);
 unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	unsigned long fp, lr;
-	unsigned long stack_page;
+	unsigned long stack_start, stack_end;
 	int count = 0;
 	if (!p || p == current || p->state == TASK_RUNNING)
 		return 0;
 
-	stack_page = 4096 + (unsigned long)p->thread_info;
+	stack_start = (unsigned long)(p->thread_info + 1);
+	stack_end = ((unsigned long)p->thread_info) + THREAD_SIZE;
+
 	fp = thread_saved_fp(p);
 	do {
-		if (fp < stack_page || fp > 4092+stack_page)
+		if (fp < stack_start || fp > stack_end)
 			return 0;
 		lr = pc_pointer (((unsigned long *)fp)[-1]);
 		if (!in_sched_functions(lr))
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c b/arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c
index ef32577da304..f897ce2ccf0d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ long execve(const char *filename, char **argv, char **envp)
 		"b	ret_to_user"
 		:
 		: "r" (current_thread_info()),
-		  "Ir" (THREAD_SIZE - 8 - sizeof(regs)),
+		  "Ir" (THREAD_START_SP - sizeof(regs)),
 		  "r" (&regs),
 		  "Ir" (sizeof(regs))
 		: "r0", "r1", "r2", "r3", "ip", "memory");
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
index 3a001fe5540b..8988c02119fd 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
@@ -218,7 +218,8 @@ NORET_TYPE void die(const char *str, struct pt_regs *regs, int err)
 		tsk->comm, tsk->pid, tsk->thread_info + 1);
 
 	if (!user_mode(regs) || in_interrupt()) {
-		dump_mem("Stack: ", regs->ARM_sp, 8192+(unsigned long)tsk->thread_info);
+		dump_mem("Stack: ", regs->ARM_sp,
+			 THREAD_SIZE + (unsigned long)tsk->thread_info);
 		dump_backtrace(regs, tsk);
 		dump_instr(regs);
 	}
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index a39c6a42d68a..ad2d66c93a5c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 #include <linux/config.h>
+#include <asm/thread_info.h>
 	
 OUTPUT_ARCH(arm)
 ENTRY(stext)
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	__data_loc = ALIGN(4);		/* location in binary */
 	. = DATAADDR;
 #else
-	. = ALIGN(8192);
+	. = ALIGN(THREAD_SIZE);
 	__data_loc = .;
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/asm-arm/processor.h b/include/asm-arm/processor.h
index 4a9845997a75..7d4118e09054 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/processor.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/processor.h
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 #include <asm/procinfo.h>
 #include <asm/types.h>
 
-#define KERNEL_STACK_SIZE	PAGE_SIZE
-
 union debug_insn {
 	u32	arm;
 	u16	thumb;
@@ -87,8 +85,9 @@ unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
  */
 extern int kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags);
 
-#define KSTK_EIP(tsk)	(((unsigned long *)(4096+(unsigned long)(tsk)->thread_info))[1019])
-#define KSTK_ESP(tsk)	(((unsigned long *)(4096+(unsigned long)(tsk)->thread_info))[1017])
+#define KSTK_REGS(tsk)	(((struct pt_regs *)(THREAD_START_SP + (unsigned long)(tsk)->thread_info)) - 1)
+#define KSTK_EIP(tsk)	KSTK_REGS(tsk)->ARM_pc
+#define KSTK_ESP(tsk)	KSTK_REGS(tsk)->ARM_sp
 
 /*
  * Prefetching support - only ARMv5.
diff --git a/include/asm-arm/thread_info.h b/include/asm-arm/thread_info.h
index a61618fb433c..66c585c50cf9 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/thread_info.h
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 
 #include <asm/fpstate.h>
 
+#define THREAD_SIZE_ORDER	1
+#define THREAD_SIZE		8192
+#define THREAD_START_SP		(THREAD_SIZE - 8)
+
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
 struct task_struct;
@@ -77,8 +81,6 @@ struct thread_info {
 #define init_thread_info	(init_thread_union.thread_info)
 #define init_stack		(init_thread_union.stack)
 
-#define THREAD_SIZE		8192
-
 /*
  * how to get the thread information struct from C
  */