diff --git a/absl/base/internal/unscaledcycleclock.cc b/absl/base/internal/unscaledcycleclock.cc
index 05e0e7ba5ee..06374915c0d 100644
--- a/absl/base/internal/unscaledcycleclock.cc
+++ b/absl/base/internal/unscaledcycleclock.cc
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ double UnscaledCycleClock::Frequency() {
 
 int64_t UnscaledCycleClock::Now() {
   int64_t virtual_timer_value;
-  asm volatile("rdcycle %0" : "=r"(virtual_timer_value));
+  asm volatile("rdtime %0" : "=r"(virtual_timer_value));
   return virtual_timer_value;
 }
 
diff --git a/absl/base/internal/unscaledcycleclock_config.h b/absl/base/internal/unscaledcycleclock_config.h
index 24b324ac99f..9f21a1da6e6 100644
--- a/absl/base/internal/unscaledcycleclock_config.h
+++ b/absl/base/internal/unscaledcycleclock_config.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 #if ABSL_USE_UNSCALED_CYCLECLOCK
 // This macro can be used to test if UnscaledCycleClock::Frequency()
 // is NominalCPUFrequency() on a particular platform.
-#if (defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__riscv) || \
+#if (defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__) || \
      defined(_M_IX86) || defined(_M_X64))
 #define ABSL_INTERNAL_UNSCALED_CYCLECLOCK_FREQUENCY_IS_CPU_FREQUENCY
 #endif