diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/hardirq.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/hardirq.h
index 3d7351c844aa..2fd0a2619b0b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/hardirq.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/hardirq.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/threads.h>
 #include <asm/irq.h>
 
+/* number of IPIS _not_ including IPI_CPU_BACKTRACE */
 #define NR_IPI	7
 
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
index 7a5dc011c523..deea60f01d24 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ enum ipi_msg_type {
 	IPI_CPU_STOP,
 	IPI_IRQ_WORK,
 	IPI_COMPLETION,
+	/*
+	 * CPU_BACKTRACE is special and not included in NR_IPI
+	 * or tracable with trace_ipi_*
+	 */
 	IPI_CPU_BACKTRACE,
 	/*
 	 * SGI8-15 can be reserved by secure firmware, and thus may
@@ -801,7 +805,7 @@ core_initcall(register_cpufreq_notifier);
 
 static void raise_nmi(cpumask_t *mask)
 {
-	smp_cross_call(mask, IPI_CPU_BACKTRACE);
+	__smp_cross_call(mask, IPI_CPU_BACKTRACE);
 }
 
 void arch_trigger_cpumask_backtrace(const cpumask_t *mask, bool exclude_self)