diff --git a/src/client/linux/handler/exception_handler_unittest.cc b/src/client/linux/handler/exception_handler_unittest.cc
index 83af35d5..6de9b8d4 100644
--- a/src/client/linux/handler/exception_handler_unittest.cc
+++ b/src/client/linux/handler/exception_handler_unittest.cc
@@ -450,20 +450,7 @@ TEST(ExceptionHandlerTest, InstructionPointerMemory) {
   ASSERT_TRUE(context);
 
   u_int64_t instruction_pointer;
-  switch (context->GetContextCPU()) {
-  case MD_CONTEXT_X86:
-    instruction_pointer = context->GetContextX86()->eip;
-    break;
-  case MD_CONTEXT_AMD64:
-    instruction_pointer = context->GetContextAMD64()->rip;
-    break;
-  case MD_CONTEXT_ARM:
-    instruction_pointer = context->GetContextARM()->iregs[15];
-    break;
-  default:
-    FAIL() << "Unknown context CPU: " << context->GetContextCPU();
-    break;
-  }
+  ASSERT_TRUE(context->GetInstructionPointer(&instruction_pointer));
 
   MinidumpMemoryRegion* region =
       memory_list->GetMemoryRegionForAddress(instruction_pointer);
@@ -555,20 +542,7 @@ TEST(ExceptionHandlerTest, InstructionPointerMemoryMinBound) {
   ASSERT_TRUE(context);
 
   u_int64_t instruction_pointer;
-  switch (context->GetContextCPU()) {
-  case MD_CONTEXT_X86:
-    instruction_pointer = context->GetContextX86()->eip;
-    break;
-  case MD_CONTEXT_AMD64:
-    instruction_pointer = context->GetContextAMD64()->rip;
-    break;
-  case MD_CONTEXT_ARM:
-    instruction_pointer = context->GetContextARM()->iregs[15];
-    break;
-  default:
-    FAIL() << "Unknown context CPU: " << context->GetContextCPU();
-    break;
-  }
+  ASSERT_TRUE(context->GetInstructionPointer(&instruction_pointer));
 
   MinidumpMemoryRegion* region =
       memory_list->GetMemoryRegionForAddress(instruction_pointer);
@@ -658,20 +632,7 @@ TEST(ExceptionHandlerTest, InstructionPointerMemoryMaxBound) {
   ASSERT_TRUE(context);
 
   u_int64_t instruction_pointer;
-  switch (context->GetContextCPU()) {
-  case MD_CONTEXT_X86:
-    instruction_pointer = context->GetContextX86()->eip;
-    break;
-  case MD_CONTEXT_AMD64:
-    instruction_pointer = context->GetContextAMD64()->rip;
-    break;
-  case MD_CONTEXT_ARM:
-    instruction_pointer = context->GetContextARM()->iregs[15];
-    break;
-  default:
-    FAIL() << "Unknown context CPU: " << context->GetContextCPU();
-    break;
-  }
+  ASSERT_TRUE(context->GetInstructionPointer(&instruction_pointer));
 
   MinidumpMemoryRegion* region =
       memory_list->GetMemoryRegionForAddress(instruction_pointer);
diff --git a/src/client/mac/tests/exception_handler_test.cc b/src/client/mac/tests/exception_handler_test.cc
index ee3ffa5b..8325d44e 100644
--- a/src/client/mac/tests/exception_handler_test.cc
+++ b/src/client/mac/tests/exception_handler_test.cc
@@ -347,20 +347,7 @@ TEST_F(ExceptionHandlerTest, InstructionPointerMemory) {
   ASSERT_TRUE(context);
 
   u_int64_t instruction_pointer;
-  switch (context->GetContextCPU()) {
-  case MD_CONTEXT_X86:
-    instruction_pointer = context->GetContextX86()->eip;
-    break;
-  case MD_CONTEXT_AMD64:
-    instruction_pointer = context->GetContextAMD64()->rip;
-    break;
-  case MD_CONTEXT_ARM:
-    instruction_pointer = context->GetContextARM()->iregs[15];
-    break;
-  default:
-    FAIL() << "Unknown context CPU: " << context->GetContextCPU();
-    break;
-  }
+  ASSERT_TRUE(context->GetInstructionPointer(&instruction_pointer));
 
   MinidumpMemoryRegion* region =
     memory_list->GetMemoryRegionForAddress(instruction_pointer);
@@ -459,20 +446,7 @@ TEST_F(ExceptionHandlerTest, InstructionPointerMemoryMinBound) {
   ASSERT_TRUE(context);
 
   u_int64_t instruction_pointer;
-  switch (context->GetContextCPU()) {
-  case MD_CONTEXT_X86:
-    instruction_pointer = context->GetContextX86()->eip;
-    break;
-  case MD_CONTEXT_AMD64:
-    instruction_pointer = context->GetContextAMD64()->rip;
-    break;
-  case MD_CONTEXT_ARM:
-    instruction_pointer = context->GetContextARM()->iregs[15];
-    break;
-  default:
-    FAIL() << "Unknown context CPU: " << context->GetContextCPU();
-    break;
-  }
+  ASSERT_TRUE(context->GetInstructionPointer(&instruction_pointer));
 
   MinidumpMemoryRegion* region =
     memory_list->GetMemoryRegionForAddress(instruction_pointer);
@@ -571,20 +545,7 @@ TEST_F(ExceptionHandlerTest, InstructionPointerMemoryMaxBound) {
   ASSERT_TRUE(context);
 
   u_int64_t instruction_pointer;
-  switch (context->GetContextCPU()) {
-  case MD_CONTEXT_X86:
-    instruction_pointer = context->GetContextX86()->eip;
-    break;
-  case MD_CONTEXT_AMD64:
-    instruction_pointer = context->GetContextAMD64()->rip;
-    break;
-  case MD_CONTEXT_ARM:
-    instruction_pointer = context->GetContextARM()->iregs[15];
-    break;
-  default:
-    FAIL() << "Unknown context CPU: " << context->GetContextCPU();
-    break;
-  }
+  ASSERT_TRUE(context->GetInstructionPointer(&instruction_pointer));
 
   MinidumpMemoryRegion* region =
     memory_list->GetMemoryRegionForAddress(instruction_pointer);
diff --git a/src/client/windows/unittests/exception_handler_death_test.cc b/src/client/windows/unittests/exception_handler_death_test.cc
index 514ee72a..a50f9134 100644
--- a/src/client/windows/unittests/exception_handler_death_test.cc
+++ b/src/client/windows/unittests/exception_handler_death_test.cc
@@ -303,17 +303,7 @@ TEST_F(ExceptionHandlerDeathTest, InstructionPointerMemory) {
     ASSERT_TRUE(context);
 
     u_int64_t instruction_pointer;
-    switch (context->GetContextCPU()) {
-    case MD_CONTEXT_X86:
-      instruction_pointer = context->GetContextX86()->eip;
-      break;
-    case MD_CONTEXT_AMD64:
-      instruction_pointer = context->GetContextAMD64()->rip;
-      break;
-    default:
-      FAIL() << "Unknown context CPU: " << context->GetContextCPU();
-      break;
-    }
+    ASSERT_TRUE(context->GetInstructionPointer(&instruction_pointer));
 
     MinidumpMemoryRegion* region =
         memory_list->GetMemoryRegionForAddress(instruction_pointer);
@@ -403,17 +393,7 @@ TEST_F(ExceptionHandlerDeathTest, InstructionPointerMemoryMinBound) {
     ASSERT_TRUE(context);
 
     u_int64_t instruction_pointer;
-    switch (context->GetContextCPU()) {
-    case MD_CONTEXT_X86:
-      instruction_pointer = context->GetContextX86()->eip;
-      break;
-    case MD_CONTEXT_AMD64:
-      instruction_pointer = context->GetContextAMD64()->rip;
-      break;
-    default:
-      FAIL() << "Unknown context CPU: " << context->GetContextCPU();
-      break;
-    }
+    ASSERT_TRUE(context->GetInstructionPointer(&instruction_pointer));
 
     MinidumpMemoryRegion* region =
         memory_list->GetMemoryRegionForAddress(instruction_pointer);
@@ -495,17 +475,7 @@ TEST_F(ExceptionHandlerDeathTest, InstructionPointerMemoryMaxBound) {
     ASSERT_TRUE(context);
 
     u_int64_t instruction_pointer;
-    switch (context->GetContextCPU()) {
-    case MD_CONTEXT_X86:
-      instruction_pointer = context->GetContextX86()->eip;
-      break;
-    case MD_CONTEXT_AMD64:
-      instruction_pointer = context->GetContextAMD64()->rip;
-      break;
-    default:
-      FAIL() << "Unknown context CPU: " << context->GetContextCPU();
-      break;
-    }
+    ASSERT_TRUE(context->GetInstructionPointer(&instruction_pointer));
 
     MinidumpMemoryRegion* region =
         memory_list->GetMemoryRegionForAddress(instruction_pointer);
diff --git a/src/google_breakpad/processor/minidump.h b/src/google_breakpad/processor/minidump.h
index 3dfbef2b..03337796 100644
--- a/src/google_breakpad/processor/minidump.h
+++ b/src/google_breakpad/processor/minidump.h
@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@ class MinidumpContext : public MinidumpStream {
   // MD_CONTEXT_* bits masked out.  Returns 0 on failure.
   u_int32_t GetContextCPU() const;
 
+  // A convenience method to get the instruction pointer out of the
+  // MDRawContext, since it varies per-CPU architecture.
+  bool GetInstructionPointer(u_int64_t* ip) const;
+
   // Returns raw CPU-specific context data for the named CPU type.  If the
   // context data does not match the CPU type or does not exist, returns
   // NULL.
diff --git a/src/processor/minidump.cc b/src/processor/minidump.cc
index d88101f6..19ba0354 100644
--- a/src/processor/minidump.cc
+++ b/src/processor/minidump.cc
@@ -714,6 +714,41 @@ u_int32_t MinidumpContext::GetContextCPU() const {
   return context_flags_ & MD_CONTEXT_CPU_MASK;
 }
 
+bool MinidumpContext::GetInstructionPointer(u_int64_t* ip) const {
+  BPLOG_IF(ERROR, !ip) << "MinidumpContext::GetInstructionPointer "
+                          "requires |ip|";
+  assert(ip);
+  *ip = 0;
+
+  if (!valid_) {
+    BPLOG(ERROR) << "Invalid MinidumpContext for GetInstructionPointer";
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  switch (context_flags_ & MD_CONTEXT_CPU_MASK) {
+  case MD_CONTEXT_AMD64:
+    *ip = context_.amd64->rip;
+    break;
+  case MD_CONTEXT_ARM:
+    *ip = context_.arm->iregs[MD_CONTEXT_ARM_REG_PC];
+    break;
+  case MD_CONTEXT_PPC:
+    *ip = context_.ppc->srr0;
+    break;
+  case MD_CONTEXT_SPARC:
+    *ip = context_.ctx_sparc->pc;
+    break;
+  case MD_CONTEXT_X86:
+    *ip = context_.x86->eip;
+    break;
+  default:
+    // This should never happen.
+    BPLOG(ERROR) << "Unknown CPU architecture in GetInstructionPointer";
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
 
 const MDRawContextX86* MinidumpContext::GetContextX86() const {
   if (GetContextCPU() != MD_CONTEXT_X86) {
diff --git a/src/processor/minidump_unittest.cc b/src/processor/minidump_unittest.cc
index ce142300..60cb37a6 100644
--- a/src/processor/minidump_unittest.cc
+++ b/src/processor/minidump_unittest.cc
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ TEST(Dump, OneThread) {
   stack.Append("stack for thread");
 
   MDRawContextX86 raw_context;
+  const u_int32_t kExpectedEIP = 0x6913f540;
   raw_context.context_flags = MD_CONTEXT_X86_INTEGER | MD_CONTEXT_X86_CONTROL;
   raw_context.edi = 0x3ecba80d;
   raw_context.esi = 0x382583b9;
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ TEST(Dump, OneThread) {
   raw_context.ecx = 0x46a6a6a8;
   raw_context.eax = 0x6a5025e2;
   raw_context.ebp = 0xd9fabb4a;
-  raw_context.eip = 0x6913f540;
+  raw_context.eip = kExpectedEIP;
   raw_context.cs = 0xbffe6eda;
   raw_context.eflags = 0xb2ce1e2d;
   raw_context.esp = 0x659caaa4;
@@ -273,6 +274,11 @@ TEST(Dump, OneThread) {
   MinidumpContext *md_context = md_thread->GetContext();
   ASSERT_TRUE(md_context != NULL);
   ASSERT_EQ((u_int32_t) MD_CONTEXT_X86, md_context->GetContextCPU());
+
+  u_int64_t eip;
+  ASSERT_TRUE(md_context->GetInstructionPointer(&eip));
+  EXPECT_EQ(kExpectedEIP, eip);
+
   const MDRawContextX86 *md_raw_context = md_context->GetContextX86();
   ASSERT_TRUE(md_raw_context != NULL);
   ASSERT_EQ((u_int32_t) (MD_CONTEXT_X86_INTEGER | MD_CONTEXT_X86_CONTROL),
@@ -285,7 +291,7 @@ TEST(Dump, OneThread) {
   EXPECT_EQ(0x46a6a6a8U, raw_context.ecx);
   EXPECT_EQ(0x6a5025e2U, raw_context.eax);
   EXPECT_EQ(0xd9fabb4aU, raw_context.ebp);
-  EXPECT_EQ(0x6913f540U, raw_context.eip);
+  EXPECT_EQ(kExpectedEIP, raw_context.eip);
   EXPECT_EQ(0xbffe6edaU, raw_context.cs);
   EXPECT_EQ(0xb2ce1e2dU, raw_context.eflags);
   EXPECT_EQ(0x659caaa4U, raw_context.esp);