diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/stacktrace.c b/arch/arm/kernel/stacktrace.c
index f065eb05d254..92b72375c4c7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/stacktrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/stacktrace.c
@@ -134,12 +134,10 @@ static noinline void __save_stack_trace(struct task_struct *tsk,
 		frame.pc = thread_saved_pc(tsk);
 #endif
 	} else {
-		register unsigned long current_sp asm ("sp");
-
 		/* We don't want this function nor the caller */
 		data.skip += 2;
 		frame.fp = (unsigned long)__builtin_frame_address(0);
-		frame.sp = current_sp;
+		frame.sp = current_stack_pointer;
 		frame.lr = (unsigned long)__builtin_return_address(0);
 		frame.pc = (unsigned long)__save_stack_trace;
 	}