diff --git a/src/emu/profiler.h b/src/emu/profiler.h
index b192ea641ab..a6a24b79013 100644
--- a/src/emu/profiler.h
+++ b/src/emu/profiler.h
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ extern profiler_state global_profiler;
 #define profiler_mark_end()		do { } while (0)
 #define profiler_start()		do { } while (0)
 #define profiler_stop()			do { } while (0)
-#define profiler_get_text(x,s)	astring_reset(s)
+#define profiler_get_text(x,s)	(s).reset()
 
 #endif