diff --git a/src/openalpr/support/timing.cpp b/src/openalpr/support/timing.cpp
index 0a93507..82c8374 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/support/timing.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/support/timing.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
     timespec time_start;
     time_start.tv_sec = 0;
-    time_start.tv_nsec = 0;
+    time_start.tv_usec = 0;
 
     return diffclock(time_start, time);
   }