diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
index e31ec8516de1..82cfc8e09cfd 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
@@ -1089,6 +1089,7 @@ ftrace_graph_get_ret_stack(struct task_struct *task, int skip);
 
 unsigned long ftrace_graph_ret_addr(struct task_struct *task, int *idx,
 				    unsigned long ret, unsigned long *retp);
+unsigned long *fgraph_get_task_var(struct fgraph_ops *gops);
 
 /*
  * Sometimes we don't want to trace a function with the function
diff --git a/kernel/trace/fgraph.c b/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
index 7fd9b03bd170..baa08249ffd5 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@
  * on the return of the function being traced, this is what will be on the
  * task's shadow ret_stack: (the stack grows upward)
  *
+ *  ret_stack[SHADOW_STACK_OFFSET]
+ * | SHADOW_STACK_TASK_VARS(ret_stack)[15]      |
+ * ...
+ * | SHADOW_STACK_TASK_VARS(ret_stack)[0]       |
  *  ret_stack[SHADOW_STACK_MAX_OFFSET]
  * ...
  * |                                            | <- task->curr_ret_stack
@@ -116,11 +120,19 @@ enum {
 #define SHADOW_STACK_SIZE	(PAGE_SIZE)
 #define SHADOW_STACK_OFFSET	(SHADOW_STACK_SIZE / sizeof(long))
 /* Leave on a buffer at the end */
-#define SHADOW_STACK_MAX_OFFSET (SHADOW_STACK_OFFSET - (FGRAPH_FRAME_OFFSET + 1))
+#define SHADOW_STACK_MAX_OFFSET				\
+	(SHADOW_STACK_OFFSET - (FGRAPH_FRAME_OFFSET + 1 + FGRAPH_ARRAY_SIZE))
 
 /* RET_STACK():		Return the frame from a given @offset from task @t */
 #define RET_STACK(t, offset) ((struct ftrace_ret_stack *)(&(t)->ret_stack[offset]))
 
+/*
+ * Each fgraph_ops has a reservered unsigned long at the end (top) of the
+ * ret_stack to store task specific state.
+ */
+#define SHADOW_STACK_TASK_VARS(ret_stack) \
+	((unsigned long *)(&(ret_stack)[SHADOW_STACK_OFFSET - FGRAPH_ARRAY_SIZE]))
+
 DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(kill_ftrace_graph);
 int ftrace_graph_active;
 
@@ -211,6 +223,44 @@ static void return_run(struct ftrace_graph_ret *trace, struct fgraph_ops *ops)
 {
 }
 
+static void ret_stack_set_task_var(struct task_struct *t, int idx, long val)
+{
+	unsigned long *gvals = SHADOW_STACK_TASK_VARS(t->ret_stack);
+
+	gvals[idx] = val;
+}
+
+static unsigned long *
+ret_stack_get_task_var(struct task_struct *t, int idx)
+{
+	unsigned long *gvals = SHADOW_STACK_TASK_VARS(t->ret_stack);
+
+	return &gvals[idx];
+}
+
+static void ret_stack_init_task_vars(unsigned long *ret_stack)
+{
+	unsigned long *gvals = SHADOW_STACK_TASK_VARS(ret_stack);
+
+	memset(gvals, 0, sizeof(*gvals) * FGRAPH_ARRAY_SIZE);
+}
+
+/**
+ * fgraph_get_task_var - retrieve a task specific state variable
+ * @gops: The ftrace_ops that owns the task specific variable
+ *
+ * Every registered fgraph_ops has a task state variable
+ * reserved on the task's ret_stack. This function returns the
+ * address to that variable.
+ *
+ * Returns the address to the fgraph_ops @gops tasks specific
+ * unsigned long variable.
+ */
+unsigned long *fgraph_get_task_var(struct fgraph_ops *gops)
+{
+	return ret_stack_get_task_var(current, gops->idx);
+}
+
 /*
  * @offset: The offset into @t->ret_stack to find the ret_stack entry
  * @frame_offset: Where to place the offset into @t->ret_stack of that entry
@@ -766,6 +816,7 @@ static int alloc_retstack_tasklist(unsigned long **ret_stack_list)
 
 		if (t->ret_stack == NULL) {
 			atomic_set(&t->trace_overrun, 0);
+			ret_stack_init_task_vars(ret_stack_list[start]);
 			t->curr_ret_stack = 0;
 			t->curr_ret_depth = -1;
 			/* Make sure the tasks see the 0 first: */
@@ -826,6 +877,7 @@ static void
 graph_init_task(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long *ret_stack)
 {
 	atomic_set(&t->trace_overrun, 0);
+	ret_stack_init_task_vars(ret_stack);
 	t->ftrace_timestamp = 0;
 	t->curr_ret_stack = 0;
 	t->curr_ret_depth = -1;
@@ -959,6 +1011,24 @@ static int start_graph_tracing(void)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void init_task_vars(int idx)
+{
+	struct task_struct *g, *t;
+	int cpu;
+
+	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
+		if (idle_task(cpu)->ret_stack)
+			ret_stack_set_task_var(idle_task(cpu), idx, 0);
+	}
+
+	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+	for_each_process_thread(g, t) {
+		if (t->ret_stack)
+			ret_stack_set_task_var(t, idx, 0);
+	}
+	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+}
+
 int register_ftrace_graph(struct fgraph_ops *gops)
 {
 	int command = 0;
@@ -997,6 +1067,8 @@ int register_ftrace_graph(struct fgraph_ops *gops)
 		ftrace_graph_return = return_run;
 		ftrace_graph_entry = entry_run;
 		command = FTRACE_START_FUNC_RET;
+	} else {
+		init_task_vars(gops->idx);
 	}
 
 	/* Always save the function, and reset at unregistering */