diff --git a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c
index 4ccfcc7c2dfc..d49901b1571e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <elfutils/libdw.h>
 #include <elfutils/libdwfl.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
+#include <byteswap.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "dso.h"
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
 #include "event.h"
+#include "evsel.h"
+#include "memswap.h"
 #include "perf_regs.h"
 #include "callchain.h"
 #include "util/env.h"
@@ -203,9 +206,10 @@ static bool get_thread(Dwfl *dwfl __maybe_unused, pid_t tid, void *arg,
 }
 
 static int access_dso_mem(struct unwind_info *ui, Dwarf_Addr addr,
-			  Dwarf_Word *data)
+			  Dwarf_Word *data, size_t len)
 {
 	struct addr_location al;
+	union u64_swap u;
 	ssize_t size;
 	struct dso *dso;
 
@@ -218,15 +222,38 @@ static int access_dso_mem(struct unwind_info *ui, Dwarf_Addr addr,
 	if (!dso)
 		goto out_fail;
 
-	size = dso__data_read_addr(dso, al.map, ui->machine, addr, (u8 *) data, sizeof(*data));
+	size = dso__data_read_addr(dso, al.map, ui->machine, addr, (u8 *)&u, len);
 
 	addr_location__exit(&al);
-	return !(size == sizeof(*data));
+	if (size != (ssize_t)len)
+		return 1;
+	*data = len == sizeof(u32) ? u.val32[0] : u.val64;
+	return 0;
 out_fail:
 	addr_location__exit(&al);
 	return -1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * libdw expects a 32-bit task's words zero-extended.  A recording of the
+ * other byte order was swapped in 8-byte units when it was read (see
+ * perf_event__all64_swap()), so a 4-byte word is picked out of its unit with
+ * that swap undone, as for PERF_SAMPLE_CPU in __evsel__parse_sample().
+ */
+static Dwarf_Word stack_word(struct stack_dump *stack, int offset, size_t len,
+			     bool swapped)
+{
+	union u64_swap u;
+
+	if (len == sizeof(u64))
+		return *(Dwarf_Word *)&stack->data[offset];
+	if (!swapped)
+		return *(u32 *)&stack->data[offset];
+
+	u.val64 = bswap_64(*(u64 *)&stack->data[offset & ~7]);
+	return bswap_32(u.val32[(offset & 4) / 4]);
+}
+
 static bool memory_read(Dwfl *dwfl __maybe_unused, Dwarf_Addr addr, Dwarf_Word *result,
 			void *arg)
 {
@@ -234,11 +261,16 @@ static bool memory_read(Dwfl *dwfl __maybe_unused, Dwarf_Addr addr, Dwarf_Word *
 	struct unwind_info *ui = dwfl_ui_ti->ui;
 	struct stack_dump *stack = &ui->sample->user_stack;
 	u64 start, end;
+	bool swapped;
+	size_t len;
 	int offset;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!ui->sample->user_regs)
 		return false;
+	len = ui->sample->user_regs->abi == PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_ABI_32 ?
+	      sizeof(u32) : sizeof(u64);
+	swapped = ui->sample->evsel && ui->sample->evsel->needs_swap;
 
 	ret = perf_reg_value(&start, ui->sample->user_regs,
 			     perf_arch_reg_sp(ui->e_machine));
@@ -248,11 +280,11 @@ static bool memory_read(Dwfl *dwfl __maybe_unused, Dwarf_Addr addr, Dwarf_Word *
 	end = start + stack->size;
 
 	/* Check overflow. */
-	if (addr + sizeof(Dwarf_Word) < addr)
+	if (addr + len < addr)
 		return false;
 
-	if (addr < start || addr + sizeof(Dwarf_Word) > end) {
-		ret = access_dso_mem(ui, addr, result);
+	if (addr < start || addr + len > end) {
+		ret = access_dso_mem(ui, addr, result, len);
 		if (ret) {
 			pr_debug("unwind: access_mem 0x%" PRIx64 " not inside range"
 				 " 0x%" PRIx64 "-0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
@@ -263,7 +295,7 @@ static bool memory_read(Dwfl *dwfl __maybe_unused, Dwarf_Addr addr, Dwarf_Word *
 	}
 
 	offset  = addr - start;
-	*result = *(Dwarf_Word *)&stack->data[offset];
+	*result = stack_word(stack, offset, len, swapped);
 	pr_debug("unwind: access_mem addr 0x%" PRIx64 ", val %lx, offset %d\n",
 		 addr, (unsigned long)*result, offset);
 	return true;