diff --git a/src/stats.h b/src/stats.h
index 316633983..8ac1e978a 100644
--- a/src/stats.h
+++ b/src/stats.h
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ inline unsigned long long rdtsc()
 	if (CPU.bRDTSC)
 #endif
 	{
-		register unsigned long long tsc;
+		unsigned long long tsc;
 		asm volatile ("\trdtsc\n" : "=A" (tsc));
 		return tsc;
 	}