diff --git a/bench/bench-string.cpp b/bench/bench-string.cpp
index 2ec92958..85f7f26a 100644
--- a/bench/bench-string.cpp
+++ b/bench/bench-string.cpp
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ extern "C" {
  * optimizing too much the inline functions and literraly breaking 
  * the benchmark by doing nothing.
  */
-//#define BARRIER(addr) ({ volatile void *p = (void*) &addr ; asm volatile("": "+r" (p) : :"memory"); })
 #define BARRIER(addr) compiler_barrier((void*) addr)
 
 bool print_csv = false;
diff --git a/bench/common.c b/bench/common.c
index e05f3d8d..31ade56e 100644
--- a/bench/common.c
+++ b/bench/common.c
@@ -29,4 +29,6 @@ void compiler_barrier(void *p)
 {
   // Do nothing, but let the compiler thinks that we did.
   (void) p;
+  // Can be used for FLTO building
+  //  asm volatile("": "+r" (p) : :"memory");
 }