diff --git a/include/flamegpu/simulation/detail/AbstractSimRunner.h b/include/flamegpu/simulation/detail/AbstractSimRunner.h
index 60c4dbc5e..2ae9d4bda 100644
--- a/include/flamegpu/simulation/detail/AbstractSimRunner.h
+++ b/include/flamegpu/simulation/detail/AbstractSimRunner.h
@@ -47,10 +47,11 @@ class AbstractSimRunner {
             ErrorDetail t;
             constexpr int count = 4;
             constexpr int array_of_blocklengths[count] = {1, 1, 1, sizeof(ErrorDetail::exception_string)};
-            constexpr MPI_Aint array_of_displacements[count] = { reinterpret_cast<void*>(&t.run_id - &t),
-                                                                 reinterpret_cast<void*>(&t.device_id - &t),
-                                                                 reinterpret_cast<void*>(&t.runner_id - &t),
-                                                                 reinterpret_cast<void*>(&t.exception_string - &t) };
+            constexpr void* t_ptr = reinterpret_cast<void*>(&t);
+            constexpr MPI_Aint array_of_displacements[count] = { reinterpret_cast<void*>(&t.run_id) - t_ptr),
+                                                                 reinterpret_cast<void*>(&t.device_id) - t_ptr),
+                                                                 reinterpret_cast<void*>(&t.runner_id) - t_ptr),
+                                                                 reinterpret_cast<void*>(&t.exception_string) - t_ptr };
             constexpr MPI_Datatype array_of_types[count] = {MPI_UNSIGNED, MPI_UNSIGNED, MPI_UNSIGNED, MPI_CHAR};
             MPI_Type_create_struct(count, array_of_blocklengths, array_of_displacements, array_of_types, &rtn);
         }