diff --git a/lib/include/srslte/phy/utils/simd.h b/lib/include/srslte/phy/utils/simd.h
index 66295f2ce..f6d7a0a44 100644
--- a/lib/include/srslte/phy/utils/simd.h
+++ b/lib/include/srslte/phy/utils/simd.h
@@ -706,7 +706,11 @@ static inline void srslte_simd_cf_storeu(float *re, float *im, simd_cf_t simdreg
 }
 
 static inline simd_f_t srslte_simd_cf_re(simd_cf_t in) {
+#ifdef HAVE_NEON
+  simd_f_t out = in.val[0];
+#else
   simd_f_t out = in.re;
+#endif /*HAVE_NEON*/
 #ifndef LV_HAVE_AVX512
 #ifdef LV_HAVE_AVX2
   /* Permute for AVX registers (mis SSE registers) */