diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 3f58b45fc953..0dae5f1e61cc 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ config MIPS
 	default y
 	select ARCH_32BIT_OFF_T if !64BIT
 	select ARCH_BINFMT_ELF_STATE if MIPS_FP_SUPPORT
-	select ARCH_HAS_CURRENT_STACK_POINTER
+	select ARCH_HAS_CURRENT_STACK_POINTER if !CC_IS_CLANG || CLANG_VERSION >= 140000
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_VIRTUAL if !64BIT
 	select ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE
 	select ARCH_HAS_KCOV
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 4463348d2372..ecae7470faa4 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 	return __current_thread_info;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_CURRENT_STACK_POINTER
 register unsigned long current_stack_pointer __asm__("sp");
+#endif
 
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/irq.c b/arch/mips/kernel/irq.c
index fc313c49a417..5e11582fe308 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/irq.c
@@ -75,8 +75,9 @@ void __init init_IRQ(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
 static inline void check_stack_overflow(void)
 {
-	unsigned long sp = current_stack_pointer;
+	unsigned long sp;
 
+	__asm__ __volatile__("move %0, $sp" : "=r" (sp));
 	sp &= THREAD_MASK;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/arch/mips/lib/uncached.c b/arch/mips/lib/uncached.c
index f8d4ca046c3e..f80a67c092b6 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lib/uncached.c
+++ b/arch/mips/lib/uncached.c
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ unsigned long run_uncached(void *func)
 	register long ret __asm__("$2");
 	long lfunc = (long)func, ufunc;
 	long usp;
-	long sp = current_stack_pointer;
+	long sp;
+
+	__asm__("move %0, $sp" : "=r" (sp));
 
 	if (sp >= (long)CKSEG0 && sp < (long)CKSEG2)
 		usp = CKSEG1ADDR(sp);