diff --git a/arch/arm/src/common/arm_backtrace_unwind.c b/arch/arm/src/common/arm_backtrace_unwind.c
index 0a96b59a55..599df384db 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/common/arm_backtrace_unwind.c
+++ b/arch/arm/src/common/arm_backtrace_unwind.c
@@ -338,6 +338,31 @@ static int unwind_exec_pop_subset_r0_to_r3(struct unwind_ctrl_s *ctrl,
   return 0;
 }
 
+static unsigned long unwind_decode_uleb128(struct unwind_ctrl_s *ctrl)
+{
+  unsigned long bytes = 0;
+  unsigned long insn;
+  unsigned long result = 0;
+
+  /* unwind_get_byte() will advance `ctrl` one instruction at a time, so
+   * loop until we get an instruction byte where bit 7 is not set.
+   *
+   * Note: This decodes a maximum of 4 bytes to output 28 bits data where
+   * max is 0xfffffff: that will cover a vsp increment of 1073742336, hence
+   * it is sufficient for unwinding the stack.
+   */
+
+  do
+    {
+      insn = unwind_get_byte(ctrl);
+      result |= (insn & 0x7f) << (bytes * 7);
+      bytes++;
+    }
+  while (!!(insn & 0x80) && (bytes != sizeof(result)));
+
+  return result;
+}
+
 /****************************************************************************
  * Name: unwind_pop_register
  *
@@ -403,7 +428,7 @@ static int unwind_exec_content(struct unwind_ctrl_s *ctrl)
     }
   else if (content == 0xb2)
     {
-      unsigned long uleb128 = unwind_get_byte(ctrl);
+      unsigned long uleb128 = unwind_decode_uleb128(ctrl);
 
       ctrl->vrs[SP] += 0x204 + (uleb128 << 2);
     }