diff --git a/vp8/encoder/x86/sad_sse3.asm b/vp8/encoder/x86/sad_sse3.asm
index 1c41c322a9d5e76f2271b743b07df4dcf29207f9..9e05521664edb8a147acf033b8cd010b92bf3ed3 100644
--- a/vp8/encoder/x86/sad_sse3.asm
+++ b/vp8/encoder/x86/sad_sse3.asm
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     %define     ret_var     r11
     %define     result_ptr  [rsp+xmm_stack_space+8+4*8]
     %define     max_err     [rsp+xmm_stack_space+8+4*8]
-    %define     height      [rsp+xmm_stack_space+8+4*8]
+    %define     height      dword ptr [rsp+xmm_stack_space+8+4*8]
   %else
     %define     src_ptr     rdi
     %define     src_stride  rsi