diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread-stack.c b/tools/perf/util/thread-stack.c
index c485186a8b6ddf..4c826a2e08d8bc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread-stack.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread-stack.c
@@ -628,6 +628,23 @@ static int thread_stack__bottom(struct thread_stack *ts,
 				     true, false);
 }
 
+static int thread_stack__pop_ks(struct thread *thread, struct thread_stack *ts,
+				struct perf_sample *sample, u64 ref)
+{
+	u64 tm = sample->time;
+	int err;
+
+	/* Return to userspace, so pop all kernel addresses */
+	while (thread_stack__in_kernel(ts)) {
+		err = thread_stack__call_return(thread, ts, --ts->cnt,
+						tm, ref, true);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int thread_stack__no_call_return(struct thread *thread,
 					struct thread_stack *ts,
 					struct perf_sample *sample,
@@ -910,7 +927,18 @@ int thread_stack__process(struct thread *thread, struct comm *comm,
 			ts->rstate = X86_RETPOLINE_DETECTED;
 
 	} else if (sample->flags & PERF_IP_FLAG_RETURN) {
-		if (!sample->ip || !sample->addr)
+		if (!sample->addr) {
+			u32 return_from_kernel = PERF_IP_FLAG_SYSCALLRET |
+						 PERF_IP_FLAG_INTERRUPT;
+
+			if (!(sample->flags & return_from_kernel))
+				return 0;
+
+			/* Pop kernel stack */
+			return thread_stack__pop_ks(thread, ts, sample, ref);
+		}
+
+		if (!sample->ip)
 			return 0;
 
 		/* x86 retpoline 'return' doesn't match the stack */