diff --git a/xen/include/asm-x86/current.h b/xen/include/asm-x86/current.h
index f011d2d2a0..15b99ff8c0 100644
--- a/xen/include/asm-x86/current.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-x86/current.h
@@ -47,7 +47,13 @@ struct cpu_info {
 
 static inline struct cpu_info *get_cpu_info(void)
 {
+#ifdef __clang__
+    /* Clang complains that sp in the else case is not initialised. */
+    unsigned long sp;
+    asm ( "mov %%rsp, %0" : "=r" (sp) );
+#else
     register unsigned long sp asm("rsp");
+#endif
 
     return (struct cpu_info *)((sp & ~(STACK_SIZE-1)) + STACK_SIZE) - 1;
 }