diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 19601e70e..309ced6b5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 # Unreleased
 
+**Features**:
+
+- disable PC adjustment in the backend for libunwindstack ([#839](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/839))
+
 **Internal**:
 
 - Updated Crashpad backend to 2023-05-03. ([#837](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/837), [crashpad#82](https://github.com/getsentry/crashpad/pull/82))
diff --git a/src/backends/sentry_backend_inproc.c b/src/backends/sentry_backend_inproc.c
index 32887a033..4d1b9e4d5 100644
--- a/src/backends/sentry_backend_inproc.c
+++ b/src/backends/sentry_backend_inproc.c
@@ -486,6 +486,14 @@ make_signal_event(
     sentry_value_t registers = sentry__registers_from_uctx(uctx);
     sentry_value_set_by_key(stacktrace, "registers", registers);
 
+#ifdef SENTRY_WITH_UNWINDER_LIBUNWINDSTACK
+    // libunwindstack already adjusts the PC according to `GetPcAdjustment()`
+    // https://github.com/getsentry/libunwindstack-ndk/blob/1929f7b601797fc8b2cac092d563b31d01d46a76/Regs.cpp#L187
+    // so there is no need to adjust the PC in the backend processing.
+    sentry_value_set_by_key(stacktrace, "instruction_addr_adjustment",
+        sentry_value_new_string("none"));
+#endif
+
     sentry_value_set_by_key(exc, "stacktrace", stacktrace);
     sentry_event_add_exception(event, exc);