diff --git a/openair2/UTIL/LOG/log.h b/openair2/UTIL/LOG/log.h
index 00bc334de5..d0ac13dac3 100644
--- a/openair2/UTIL/LOG/log.h
+++ b/openair2/UTIL/LOG/log.h
@@ -373,9 +373,9 @@ void *log_thread_function(void * list);
 /* @}*/
 
 static __inline__ uint64_t rdtsc(void) {
-  uint64_t a, d;
+  uint32_t a, d;
   __asm__ volatile ("rdtsc" : "=a" (a), "=d" (d));
-  return (d<<32) | a;
+  return (((uint64_t)d)<<32) | ((uint64_t)a);
 }
 
 #define DEBUG_REALTIME 1