diff --git a/opal/class/opal_lifo.h b/opal/class/opal_lifo.h
index a4e106343a..61a0f121a4 100644
--- a/opal/class/opal_lifo.h
+++ b/opal/class/opal_lifo.h
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2010      IBM Corporation.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Los Alamos National Security, LLC. All rights
  *                         reseved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016      Research Organization for Information Science
+ *                         and Technology (RIST). All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  *
  * Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -66,8 +68,8 @@ typedef union opal_counted_pointer_t opal_counted_pointer_t;
 static inline bool opal_update_counted_pointer (volatile opal_counted_pointer_t *addr, opal_counted_pointer_t old,
                                                 opal_list_item_t *item)
 {
-    opal_counted_pointer_t new = {.data = {.item = item, .counter = old.data.counter + 1}};
-    return opal_atomic_cmpset_128 (&addr->value, old.value, new.value);
+    opal_counted_pointer_t new_p = {.data = {.item = item, .counter = old.data.counter + 1}};
+    return opal_atomic_cmpset_128 (&addr->value, old.value, new_p.value);
 }
 
 #endif