diff --git a/src/amd/addrlib/src/core/addrcommon.h b/src/amd/addrlib/src/core/addrcommon.h
index 83f40ff2eb4..dc00057f891 100644
--- a/src/amd/addrlib/src/core/addrcommon.h
+++ b/src/amd/addrlib/src/core/addrcommon.h
@@ -184,7 +184,13 @@
 #if defined(static_assert)
 #define ADDR_C_ASSERT(__e) static_assert(__e, "")
 #else
-#define ADDR_C_ASSERT(__e) typedef char __ADDR_C_ASSERT__[(__e) ? 1 : -1]
+   /* This version of STATIC_ASSERT() relies on VLAs.  If COND is
+    * false/zero, the array size will be -1 and we'll get a compile
+    * error
+    */
+#  define ADDR_C_ASSERT(__e) do {         \
+      (void) sizeof(char [1 - 2*!(__e)]); \
+   } while (0)
 #endif
 
 namespace Addr