diff --git a/kernel/zarch/gemm_vec.c b/kernel/zarch/gemm_vec.c
index 741c09431..b7d7cc04b 100644
--- a/kernel/zarch/gemm_vec.c
+++ b/kernel/zarch/gemm_vec.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static inline vector_float vec_load_hinted(FLOAT const *restrict a) {
 	vector_float const *restrict addr = (vector_float const *restrict)a;
 	vector_float y;
 
-#if __GNUC__ < 9
+#if __GNUC__ < 9 && !defined(__clang__)
 	// hex-encode vl %[out],%[addr],3
 	asm(".insn vrx,0xe70000003006,%[out],%[addr],3"
 	    : [ out ] "=v"(y)