diff --git a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
index 9485156bf48b..d2b2720db6ca 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
@@ -232,8 +232,10 @@ static void showacpu(void *dummy)
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	/* Idle CPUs have no interesting backtrace. */
-	if (idle_cpu(smp_processor_id()))
+	if (idle_cpu(smp_processor_id())) {
+		pr_info("CPU%d: backtrace skipped as idling\n", smp_processor_id());
 		return;
+	}
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&show_lock, flags);
 	pr_info("CPU%d:\n", smp_processor_id());
@@ -260,10 +262,13 @@ static void sysrq_handle_showallcpus(int key)
 
 		if (in_hardirq())
 			regs = get_irq_regs();
-		if (regs) {
-			pr_info("CPU%d:\n", smp_processor_id());
+
+		pr_info("CPU%d:\n", smp_processor_id());
+		if (regs)
 			show_regs(regs);
-		}
+		else
+			show_stack(NULL, NULL, KERN_INFO);
+
 		schedule_work(&sysrq_showallcpus);
 	}
 }