Index: test/functionalities/register/TestRegisters.py
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--- test/functionalities/register/TestRegisters.py
+++ test/functionalities/register/TestRegisters.py
@@ -187,6 +187,13 @@
         currentFrame = thread.GetFrameAtIndex(0)
         self.assertTrue(currentFrame.IsValid(), "current frame is valid")
 
+        # Assembly generated by clang and gcc for this inferior is different.
+        # For clang case: step into next instruction 16 times to reach the
+        # first 'flds' instruction. For gcc, this is not required
+        if "clang" in self.getCompiler():
+            for x in range(0,16):
+                self.runCmd ("si", RUN_SUCCEEDED)
+
         # Extract the value of fstat and ftag flag at the point just before
         # we start pushing floating point values on st% register stack
         value = currentFrame.FindValue("fstat", lldb.eValueTypeRegister)