diff --git a/tcg/tci.c b/tcg/tci.c
index 740244cc54..005d2946c4 100644
--- a/tcg/tci.c
+++ b/tcg/tci.c
@@ -117,14 +117,6 @@ tci_write_reg(tcg_target_ulong *regs, TCGReg index, tcg_target_ulong value)
     regs[index] = value;
 }
 
-#if TCG_TARGET_REG_BITS == 64
-static void
-tci_write_reg16(tcg_target_ulong *regs, TCGReg index, uint16_t value)
-{
-    tci_write_reg(regs, index, value);
-}
-#endif
-
 static void
 tci_write_reg32(tcg_target_ulong *regs, TCGReg index, uint32_t value)
 {
@@ -879,7 +871,7 @@ uintptr_t QEMU_DISABLE_CFI tcg_qemu_tb_exec(CPUArchState *env,
             t0 = *tb_ptr++;
             t1 = tci_read_r(regs, &tb_ptr);
             t2 = tci_read_s32(&tb_ptr);
-            tci_write_reg16(regs, t0, *(uint16_t *)(t1 + t2));
+            tci_write_reg(regs, t0, *(uint16_t *)(t1 + t2));
             break;
         case INDEX_op_ld16s_i64:
             TODO();