diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
index 9735139cfdf8..46d732696c1c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 #define VMWARE_CMD_VCPU_RESERVED 31
 
 #define VMWARE_PORT(cmd, eax, ebx, ecx, edx)				\
-	__asm__("inl (%%dx)" :						\
+	__asm__("inl (%%dx), %%eax" :					\
 		"=a"(eax), "=c"(ecx), "=d"(edx), "=b"(ebx) :		\
 		"a"(VMWARE_HYPERVISOR_MAGIC),				\
 		"c"(VMWARE_CMD_##cmd),					\