diff --git a/sql/sql_bitmap.h b/sql/sql_bitmap.h
index 4f1acb60161..b37905e205b 100644
--- a/sql/sql_bitmap.h
+++ b/sql/sql_bitmap.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 /*
   Workaround GCC optimizer bug (generating SSE instuctions on unaligned data)
 */
-#if defined (__GNUC__) && defined(__x86_64__) && (__GNUC__ < 6)
+#if defined (__GNUC__) && defined(__x86_64__) && (__GNUC__ < 6) && !defined(__clang__)
 #define NEED_GCC_NO_SSE_WORKAROUND
 #endif