diff --git a/src/lib/openjp2/ht_dec.c b/src/lib/openjp2/ht_dec.c
index 1eb4d525..e2f3afd6 100644
--- a/src/lib/openjp2/ht_dec.c
+++ b/src/lib/openjp2/ht_dec.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static OPJ_BOOL only_cleanup_pass_is_decoded = OPJ_FALSE;
 static INLINE
 OPJ_UINT32 population_count(OPJ_UINT32 val)
 {
-#ifdef OPJ_COMPILER_MSVC
+#if defined(OPJ_COMPILER_MSVC) && (defined(_M_IX86) || defined(_M_AMD64))
     return (OPJ_UINT32)__popcnt(val);
 #elif (defined OPJ_COMPILER_GNUC)
     return (OPJ_UINT32)__builtin_popcount(val);