diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 45108d802f5e..356e03774df4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ struct thread_info {
 #define init_thread_info	(init_thread_union.thread_info)
 #define init_stack		(init_thread_union.stack)
 
+/*
+ * how to get the current stack pointer from C
+ */
+register unsigned long current_stack_pointer asm ("sp");
+
 /*
  * how to get the thread information struct from C
  */