diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/PowerPC.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/PowerPC.cpp
index a9e1b2bc89..646605d715 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/PowerPC.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/PowerPC.cpp
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static void ResetRegisters()
 
   // MSR should be 0x40, but we don't emulate BS1, so it would never be turned off :}
   ppcState.msr.Hex = 0;
-  rDEC = 0xFFFFFFFF;
+  ppcState.spr[SPR_DEC] = 0xFFFFFFFF;
   SystemTimers::DecrementerSet();
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/PowerPC.h b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/PowerPC.h
index e6dc31b965..0bdb64b9fc 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/PowerPC.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/PowerPC.h
@@ -248,7 +248,6 @@ void UpdatePerformanceMonitor(u32 cycles, u32 num_load_stores, u32 num_fp_inst);
 
 #define LR(ppc_state) (ppc_state).spr[SPR_LR]
 #define CTR(ppc_state) (ppc_state).spr[SPR_CTR]
-#define rDEC PowerPC::ppcState.spr[SPR_DEC]
 #define SRR0 PowerPC::ppcState.spr[SPR_SRR0]
 #define SRR1 PowerPC::ppcState.spr[SPR_SRR1]
 #define SPRG0 PowerPC::ppcState.spr[SPR_SPRG0]