diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h
index d37c4fe2849d..5ec1871acb2f 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
  * This is a variable-specific variant of more global barrier().
  */
 #ifndef barrier_var
-#define barrier_var(var) asm volatile("" : "=r"(var) : "0"(var))
+#define barrier_var(var) asm volatile("" : "+r"(var))
 #endif
 
 /*