diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 547e344a6dc60d7db27d43c74d44c783326291bb..8b13b0fbda8ef94d582233167e203cdc3af2e11c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -170,6 +170,17 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 	return ti;
 }
 
+static inline unsigned long current_stack_pointer(void)
+{
+	unsigned long sp;
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+	asm("mov %%rsp,%0" : "=g" (sp));
+#else
+	asm("mov %%esp,%0" : "=g" (sp));
+#endif
+	return sp;
+}
+
 #else /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 /* how to get the thread information struct from ASM */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c
index 63ce838e5a5423ad3f425368f1c5adffb8c8356e..28d28f5eb8f49c2a9b8f84997e1dd0dc8841ece0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c
@@ -69,16 +69,9 @@ static void call_on_stack(void *func, void *stack)
 		     : "memory", "cc", "edx", "ecx", "eax");
 }
 
-/* how to get the current stack pointer from C */
-#define current_stack_pointer ({		\
-	unsigned long sp;			\
-	asm("mov %%esp,%0" : "=g" (sp));	\
-	sp;					\
-})
-
 static inline void *current_stack(void)
 {
-	return (void *)(current_stack_pointer & ~(THREAD_SIZE - 1));
+	return (void *)(current_stack_pointer() & ~(THREAD_SIZE - 1));
 }
 
 static inline int
@@ -103,7 +96,7 @@ execute_on_irq_stack(int overflow, struct irq_desc *desc, int irq)
 
 	/* Save the next esp at the bottom of the stack */
 	prev_esp = (u32 *)irqstk;
-	*prev_esp = current_stack_pointer;
+	*prev_esp = current_stack_pointer();
 
 	if (unlikely(overflow))
 		call_on_stack(print_stack_overflow, isp);
@@ -156,7 +149,7 @@ void do_softirq_own_stack(void)
 
 	/* Push the previous esp onto the stack */
 	prev_esp = (u32 *)irqstk;
-	*prev_esp = current_stack_pointer;
+	*prev_esp = current_stack_pointer();
 
 	call_on_stack(__do_softirq, isp);
 }