diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index bdc1f33fd3d1..5e6d19182c5f 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3073,6 +3073,10 @@
 			and gids from such clients.  This is intended to ease
 			migration from NFSv2/v3.
 
+	nmi_backtrace.backtrace_idle [KNL]
+			Dump stacks even of idle CPUs in response to an
+			NMI stack-backtrace request.
+
 	nmi_debug=	[KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
 			when a NMI is triggered.
 			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
diff --git a/lib/nmi_backtrace.c b/lib/nmi_backtrace.c
index 15ca78e1c7d4..8abe1870dba4 100644
--- a/lib/nmi_backtrace.c
+++ b/lib/nmi_backtrace.c
@@ -85,12 +85,16 @@ void nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace(const cpumask_t *mask,
 	put_cpu();
 }
 
+// Dump stacks even for idle CPUs.
+static bool backtrace_idle;
+module_param(backtrace_idle, bool, 0644);
+
 bool nmi_cpu_backtrace(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
 	if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, to_cpumask(backtrace_mask))) {
-		if (regs && cpu_in_idle(instruction_pointer(regs))) {
+		if (!READ_ONCE(backtrace_idle) && regs && cpu_in_idle(instruction_pointer(regs))) {
 			pr_warn("NMI backtrace for cpu %d skipped: idling at %pS\n",
 				cpu, (void *)instruction_pointer(regs));
 		} else {