diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/ke/i386/exp.c b/reactos/ntoskrnl/ke/i386/exp.c
index 466d9a5b8f2..3ff1d31db80 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/ke/i386/exp.c
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/ke/i386/exp.c
@@ -554,7 +554,13 @@ KiTrapHandler(PKTRAP_FRAME Tf, ULONG ExceptionNr)
      {
         if (Tf->Eflags & FLAG_IF)
 	{
-	   __asm__("sti\n\t");
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+    __asm__("sti\n\t");
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+  __asm sti
+#else
+#error Unknown compiler for inline assembler
+#endif
 	}
 	Status = MmPageFault(Tf->Cs&0xffff,
 			     &Tf->Eip,
diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/ke/i386/kernel.c b/reactos/ntoskrnl/ke/i386/kernel.c
index 238bb39b7de..0268a7ee42a 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/ke/i386/kernel.c
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/ke/i386/kernel.c
@@ -93,7 +93,13 @@ KeApplicationProcessorInit(VOID)
    */
   Ki386InitializeLdt();
 
-  __asm__ __volatile__ ("sti\n\t");
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+    __asm__ __volatile__ ("sti\n\t");
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+  __asm sti
+#else
+#error Unknown compiler for inline assembler
+#endif
 }
 
 VOID INIT_FUNCTION