diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/arm/include/rte_atomic_64.h b/lib/librte_eal/arm/include/rte_atomic_64.h
index 7fcd174661..467d32a455 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/arm/include/rte_atomic_64.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/arm/include/rte_atomic_64.h
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ rte_atomic_thread_fence(int memorder)
 /*------------------------ 128 bit atomic operations -------------------------*/
 
 #if defined(__ARM_FEATURE_ATOMICS) || defined(RTE_ARM_FEATURE_ATOMICS)
+#if defined(RTE_CC_CLANG)
 #define __LSE_PREAMBLE	".arch armv8-a+lse\n"
+#else
+#define __LSE_PREAMBLE	""
+#endif
 
 #define __ATOMIC128_CAS_OP(cas_op_name, op_string)                          \
 static __rte_noinline rte_int128_t                                          \