diff --git a/libs/libc/misc/Kconfig b/libs/libc/misc/Kconfig
index 777e49b9735..2683c763185 100644
--- a/libs/libc/misc/Kconfig
+++ b/libs/libc/misc/Kconfig
@@ -164,3 +164,11 @@ config LIBC_MUTEX_BACKTRACE
 	---help---
 		Config the depth of backtrace, dumping the backtrace of thread which
 		last acquired the mutex. Disable mutex backtrace by 0.
+
+config LIBC_MUTEX_BACKTRACE_SKIP
+	int "Number of initial addresses to skip in mutex backtrace"
+	depends on LIBC_MUTEX_BACKTRACE > 0
+	default 2
+	---help---
+		Configure how many initial addresses to skip when dumping mutex backtraces.
+		When generating a backtrace, the first skip addresses will be skipped.
diff --git a/libs/libc/misc/lib_mutex.c b/libs/libc/misc/lib_mutex.c
index bdc89a2d434..0152f984e48 100644
--- a/libs/libc/misc/lib_mutex.c
+++ b/libs/libc/misc/lib_mutex.c
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ void nxmutex_add_backtrace(FAR mutex_t *mutex)
 {
   int n;
 
-  n = sched_backtrace(nxmutex_get_holder(&mutex), mutex->backtrace,
-                      CONFIG_LIBC_MUTEX_BACKTRACE, 0);
+  n = sched_backtrace(nxmutex_get_holder(mutex), mutex->backtrace,
+                      CONFIG_LIBC_MUTEX_BACKTRACE,
+                      CONFIG_LIBC_MUTEX_BACKTRACE_SKIP);
   if (n < CONFIG_LIBC_MUTEX_BACKTRACE)
     {
       mutex->backtrace[n] = NULL;