diff --git a/libgo/runtime/go-callers.c b/libgo/runtime/go-callers.c
index b16ae0c..78ada7a 100644
--- a/libgo/runtime/go-callers.c
+++ b/libgo/runtime/go-callers.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
    older versions of glibc when a SIGPROF signal arrives while
    collecting a backtrace.  */
 
-static uint32 runtime_in_callers;
+uint32 __go_runtime_in_callers;
 
 /* Argument passed to callback function.  */
 
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
 bool
 alreadyInCallers()
 {
-  return runtime_atomicload(&runtime_in_callers) > 0;
+  return runtime_atomicload(&__go_runtime_in_callers) > 0;
 }
 
 /* Gather caller PC's.  */
@@ -203,9 +203,9 @@
   data.max = m;
   data.keep_thunks = keep_thunks;
   state = __go_get_backtrace_state ();
-  runtime_xadd (&runtime_in_callers, 1);
+  runtime_xadd (&__go_runtime_in_callers, 1);
   backtrace_full (state, 0, callback, error_callback, &data);
-  runtime_xadd (&runtime_in_callers, -1);
+  runtime_xadd (&__go_runtime_in_callers, -1);
 
   /* For some reason GCC sometimes loses the name of a thunk function
      at the top of the stack.  If we are skipping thunks, skip that
diff --git a/libgo/runtime/go-unwind.c b/libgo/runtime/go-unwind.c
index 58cb270..158cbd0 100644
--- a/libgo/runtime/go-unwind.c
+++ b/libgo/runtime/go-unwind.c
@@ -792,7 +792,9 @@
 scanstackwithmap (void *gcw)
 {
   _Unwind_Reason_Code code;
+  runtime_xadd (&__go_runtime_in_callers, 1);
   code = _Unwind_Backtrace (scanstackwithmap_callback, gcw);
+  runtime_xadd (&__go_runtime_in_callers, -1);
   return code == _URC_END_OF_STACK;
 }
 
diff --git a/libgo/runtime/runtime.h b/libgo/runtime/runtime.h
index 21921ec..9f6e251 100644
--- a/libgo/runtime/runtime.h
+++ b/libgo/runtime/runtime.h
@@ -515,3 +515,9 @@
 
 bool probestackmaps(void)
   __asm__("runtime.probestackmaps");
+
+// This is set to non-zero when calling backtrace_full.  This is used
+// to avoid getting hanging on a recursive lock in dl_iterate_phdr on
+// older versions of glibc when a SIGPROF signal arrives while
+// collecting a backtrace.
+extern uint32 __go_runtime_in_callers;