diff --git a/kernel/src/trace/StackTracer.cpp b/kernel/src/trace/StackTracer.cpp
index 5a7c6d5d..ea305c52 100644
--- a/kernel/src/trace/StackTracer.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/trace/StackTracer.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ typedef struct stackframe
 void StackTracer::trace()
 {
     stackframe* frame = (stackframe*)m_base_pointer;
-    while (frame)
+    while (frame && frame->instruction)
     {
         char symbol_name[512];
         get_symbol_name(frame->instruction, symbol_name, sizeof(symbol_name));