diff --git a/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h b/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
index a7202b44ab10..6fe8e5dc57aa 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ struct bpf_reg_state {
 	union {
 		/* valid when type == PTR_TO_PACKET */
 		int range;
+		/*
+		 * Valid when type == PTR_TO_STACK. Inside the callee two registers
+		 * can be both PTR_TO_STACK like R1=fp-8 and R2=fp-8, but one of them
+		 * points to this function stack while another to the caller's stack.
+		 * To differentiate them 'frameno' is used which is an index in
+		 * bpf_verifier_state->frame[] array pointing to bpf_func_state.
+		 */
+		u8 frameno;
 
 		/*
 		 * For CONST_PTR_TO_MAP, PTR_TO_MAP_KEY, PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE and
@@ -155,14 +163,6 @@ struct bpf_reg_state {
 	 * during state comparisons.
 	 */
 	u32 map_uid;
-	/*
-	 * Inside the callee two registers can be both PTR_TO_STACK like
-	 * R1=fp-8 and R2=fp-8, but one of them points to this function stack
-	 * while another to the caller's stack. To differentiate them 'frameno'
-	 * is used which is an index in bpf_verifier_state->frame[] array
-	 * pointing to bpf_func_state.
-	 */
-	u8 frameno;
 	/* if (!precise && SCALAR_VALUE) min/max/tnum don't affect safety */
 	bool precise;
 };
@@ -1239,11 +1239,18 @@ static inline int bpf_get_spi(s32 off)
 	return (-off - 1) / BPF_REG_SIZE;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Return the function state a stack pointer register refers to. frameno
+ * shares storage with other pointer metadata, so return NULL for any
+ * other register type instead of indexing frame[] with aliased bytes.
+ */
 static inline struct bpf_func_state *bpf_func(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 					      const struct bpf_reg_state *reg)
 {
 	struct bpf_verifier_state *cur = env->cur_state;
 
+	if (reg->type != PTR_TO_STACK)
+		return NULL;
 	return cur->frame[reg->frameno];
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/states.c b/kernel/bpf/states.c
index e4ec007f7fa6..012b82513a3b 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/states.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/states.c
@@ -644,10 +644,7 @@ static bool regsafe(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_reg_state *rold,
 		return range_within(rold, rcur) &&
 		       tnum_in(rold->var_off, rcur->var_off);
 	case PTR_TO_STACK:
-		/* two stack pointers are equal only if they're pointing to
-		 * the same stack frame, since fp-8 in foo != fp-8 in bar
-		 */
-		return regs_exact(rold, rcur, idmap) && rold->frameno == rcur->frameno;
+		return regs_exact(rold, rcur, idmap);
 	case PTR_TO_ARENA:
 		return true;
 	case PTR_TO_INSN:
@@ -1126,7 +1123,7 @@ static bool states_maybe_looping(struct bpf_verifier_state *old,
 	fcur = cur->frame[fr];
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_BPF_REG; i++)
 		if (memcmp(&fold->regs[i], &fcur->regs[i],
-			   offsetof(struct bpf_reg_state, frameno)))
+			   offsetof(struct bpf_reg_state, precise)))
 			return false;
 	return true;
 }