diff --git a/scripts/decodecode b/scripts/decodecode
index c711a196511c666edfda6ef9cc0dbe1875c5592a..b28fd26865617193defb80b8051e794a77e2ccba 100755
--- a/scripts/decodecode
+++ b/scripts/decodecode
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # Disassemble the Code: line in Linux oopses
 # usage: decodecode < oops.file
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 # AFLAGS=--32 decodecode < 386.oops
 # PC=hex - the PC (program counter) the oops points to
 
+faultlinenum=1
+
 cleanup() {
 	rm -f $T $T.s $T.o $T.oo $T.aa $T.dis
 	exit 1
@@ -102,28 +104,125 @@ disas() {
 		grep -v "/tmp\|Disassembly\|\.text\|^$" > $t.dis 2>&1
 }
 
+# Match the maximum number of opcode bytes from @op_bytes contained within
+# @opline
+#
+# Params:
+# @op_bytes: The string of bytes from the Code: line
+# @opline: The disassembled line coming from objdump
+#
+# Returns:
+# The max number of opcode bytes from the beginning of @op_bytes which match
+# the opcode bytes in the objdump line.
+get_substr_opcode_bytes_num()
+{
+	local op_bytes=$1
+	local opline=$2
+
+	local retval=0
+	substr=""
+
+	for opc in $op_bytes;
+	do
+		substr+="$opc"
+
+		# return if opcode bytes do not match @opline anymore
+		if ! echo $opline | grep -q "$substr";
+		then
+			break
+		fi
+
+		# add trailing space
+		substr+=" "
+		retval=$((retval+1))
+	done
+
+	return $retval
+}
+
+# Return the line number in objdump output to where the IP marker in the Code:
+# line points to
+#
+# Params:
+# @all_code: code in bytes without the marker
+# @dis_file: disassembled file
+# @ip_byte: The byte to which the IP points to
+get_faultlinenum()
+{
+	local all_code="$1"
+	local dis_file="$2"
+
+	# num bytes including IP byte
+	local num_bytes_ip=$(( $3 + 1 * $width ))
+
+	# Add the two header lines (we're counting from 1).
+	local retval=3
+
+	# remove marker
+	all_code=$(echo $all_code | sed -e 's/[<>()]//g')
+
+	while read line
+	do
+		get_substr_opcode_bytes_num "$all_code" "$line"
+		ate_opcodes=$?
+
+		if ! (( $ate_opcodes )); then
+			continue
+		fi
+
+		num_bytes_ip=$((num_bytes_ip - ($ate_opcodes * $width) ))
+		if (( $num_bytes_ip <= 0 )); then
+			break
+		fi
+
+		# Delete matched opcode bytes from all_code. For that, compute
+		# how many chars those opcodes are represented by and include
+		# trailing space.
+		#
+		# a byte is 2 chars, ate_opcodes is also the number of trailing
+		# spaces
+		del_chars=$(( ($ate_opcodes * $width * 2) + $ate_opcodes ))
+
+		all_code=$(echo $all_code | sed -e "s!^.\{$del_chars\}!!")
+
+		let "retval+=1"
+
+	done < $dis_file
+
+	return $retval
+}
+
 marker=`expr index "$code" "\<"`
 if [ $marker -eq 0 ]; then
 	marker=`expr index "$code" "\("`
 fi
 
-
 touch $T.oo
 if [ $marker -ne 0 ]; then
-	# 2 opcode bytes and a single space
-	pc_sub=$(( $marker / 3 ))
+	# How many bytes to subtract from the program counter
+	# in order to get to the beginning virtual address of the
+	# Code:
+	pc_sub=$(( (($marker - 1) / (2 * $width + 1)) * $width ))
 	echo All code >> $T.oo
 	echo ======== >> $T.oo
 	beforemark=`echo "$code"`
 	echo -n "	.$type 0x" > $T.s
+
 	echo $beforemark | sed -e 's/ /,0x/g; s/[<>()]//g' >> $T.s
+
 	disas $T $pc_sub
+
 	cat $T.dis >> $T.oo
-	rm -f $T.o $T.s $T.dis
 
-# and fix code at-and-after marker
+	get_faultlinenum "$code" "$T.dis" $pc_sub
+	faultlinenum=$?
+
+	# and fix code at-and-after marker
 	code=`echo "$code" | cut -c$((${marker} + 1))-`
+
+	rm -f $T.o $T.s $T.dis
 fi
+
 echo Code starting with the faulting instruction  > $T.aa
 echo =========================================== >> $T.aa
 code=`echo $code | sed -e 's/\r//;s/ [<(]/ /;s/[>)] / /;s/ /,0x/g; s/[>)]$//'`
@@ -132,15 +231,6 @@ echo $code >> $T.s
 disas $T 0
 cat $T.dis >> $T.aa
 
-# (lines of whole $T.oo) - (lines of $T.aa, i.e. "Code starting") + 3,
-# i.e. the title + the "===..=" line (sed is counting from 1, 0 address is
-# special)
-faultlinenum=$(( $(wc -l $T.oo  | cut -d" " -f1) - \
-		 $(wc -l $T.aa  | cut -d" " -f1) + 3))
-
-faultline=`cat $T.dis | head -1 | cut -d":" -f2-`
-faultline=`echo "$faultline" | sed -e 's/\[/\\\[/g; s/\]/\\\]/g'`
-
 cat $T.oo | sed -e "${faultlinenum}s/^\([^:]*:\)\(.*\)/\1\*\2\t\t<-- trapping instruction/"
 echo
 cat $T.aa