diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/return_address.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/return_address.c
index 89102a6ffad5..6c4fd2810ecb 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/return_address.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/return_address.c
@@ -36,13 +36,12 @@ void *return_address(unsigned int level)
 {
 	struct return_address_data data;
 	struct stackframe frame;
-	register unsigned long current_sp asm ("sp");
 
 	data.level = level + 2;
 	data.addr = NULL;
 
 	frame.fp = (unsigned long)__builtin_frame_address(0);
-	frame.sp = current_sp;
+	frame.sp = current_stack_pointer;
 	frame.pc = (unsigned long)return_address; /* dummy */
 
 	walk_stackframe(&frame, save_return_addr, &data);