diff --git a/include/exec/gen-icount.h b/include/exec/gen-icount.h
index 5b17941..aff35d6 100644
--- a/include/exec/gen-icount.h
+++ b/include/exec/gen-icount.h
@@ -16,13 +16,7 @@
 
 static inline void gen_tb_start(const TranslationBlock *tb)
 {
-    TCGv_i32 count;
-
-    if (tb_cflags(tb) & CF_USE_ICOUNT) {
-        count = tcg_temp_local_new_i32();
-    } else {
-        count = tcg_temp_new_i32();
-    }
+    TCGv_i32 count = tcg_temp_new_i32();
 
     tcg_gen_ld_i32(count, cpu_env,
                    offsetof(ArchCPU, neg.icount_decr.u32) -