diff --git a/src/windows-emulator/windows_emulator.cpp b/src/windows-emulator/windows_emulator.cpp
index 4adbb7ab..8bdb30bb 100644
--- a/src/windows-emulator/windows_emulator.cpp
+++ b/src/windows-emulator/windows_emulator.cpp
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ void windows_emulator::setup_hooks()
     });
 
     this->emu().hook_instruction(x64_hookable_instructions::rdtsc, [&] {
-        uint64_t ticks = this->clock_->timestamp_counter();
+        const auto ticks = this->clock_->timestamp_counter();
         this->emu().reg(x64_register::rax, ticks & 0xFFFFFFFF);
         this->emu().reg(x64_register::rdx, (ticks >> 32) & 0xFFFFFFFF);
         return instruction_hook_continuation::skip_instruction;