diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_basics/buffers/juce_FloatVectorOperations.cpp b/modules/juce_audio_basics/buffers/juce_FloatVectorOperations.cpp
index 0b94dfbef7..8e04b7a017 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_basics/buffers/juce_FloatVectorOperations.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_basics/buffers/juce_FloatVectorOperations.cpp
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ intptr_t JUCE_CALLTYPE FloatVectorOperations::getFpStatusRegister() noexcept
 void JUCE_CALLTYPE FloatVectorOperations::setFpStatusRegister (intptr_t fpsr) noexcept
 {
   #if JUCE_INTEL && JUCE_USE_SSE_INTRINSICS
-    auto fpsr_w = static_cast<uint32_t> (fpsr);
+    volatile auto fpsr_w = static_cast<uint32_t> (fpsr);
     _mm_setcsr (fpsr_w);
   #elif defined (__arm64__) || defined (__aarch64__) || JUCE_USE_ARM_NEON
    #if defined (__arm64__) || defined (__aarch64__)