diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/stacktrace.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/stacktrace.c
index ff467b98c3e3..ac7593607fa6 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/stacktrace.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/stacktrace.c
@@ -132,8 +132,12 @@ unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	unsigned long pc = 0;
 
-	if (likely(task && task != current && !task_is_running(task)))
+	if (likely(task && task != current && !task_is_running(task))) {
+		if (!try_get_task_stack(task))
+			return 0;
 		walk_stackframe(task, NULL, save_wchan, &pc);
+		put_task_stack(task);
+	}
 	return pc;
 }