diff --git a/arch/hexagon/kernel/stacktrace.c b/arch/hexagon/kernel/stacktrace.c
index f94918b449a8..03a0e10ecdcc 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/kernel/stacktrace.c
+++ b/arch/hexagon/kernel/stacktrace.c
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 #include <linux/thread_info.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 
-register unsigned long current_frame_pointer asm("r30");
-
 struct stackframe {
 	unsigned long fp;
 	unsigned long rets;
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ void save_stack_trace(struct stack_trace *trace)
 
 	low = (unsigned long)task_stack_page(current);
 	high = low + THREAD_SIZE;
-	fp = current_frame_pointer;
+	fp = (unsigned long)__builtin_frame_address(0);
 
 	while (fp >= low && fp <= (high - sizeof(*frame))) {
 		frame = (struct stackframe *)fp;