diff --git a/src/rt/rust_builtin.cpp b/src/rt/rust_builtin.cpp
index 1a3e7d90daa6..b8e808863c08 100644
--- a/src/rt/rust_builtin.cpp
+++ b/src/rt/rust_builtin.cpp
@@ -217,14 +217,16 @@ precise_time_ns(uint64_t *ns) {
     uint64_t time_nano = time * (info.numer / info.denom);
     *ns = time_nano;
 #elif __WIN32__
-    int64_t ticks_per_s;
-    QueryPerformanceFrequency((LARGE_INTEGER *)&ticks_per_s);
-    if (ticks_per_s == 0LL) {
-        ticks_per_s = 1LL;
+    LARGE_INTEGER ticks_per_s;
+    BOOL query_result = QueryPerformanceFrequency(&ticks_per_s);
+    assert(query_result);
+    if (ticks_per_s.QuadPart == 0LL) {
+        ticks_per_s.QuadPart = 1LL;
     }
-    int64_t ticks;
-    QueryPerformanceCounter((LARGE_INTEGER *)&ticks);
-    *ns = (uint64_t)((ticks * ns_per_s) / ticks_per_s);
+    LARGE_INTEGER ticks;
+    query_result = QueryPerformanceCounter(&ticks);
+    assert(query_result);
+    *ns = (uint64_t)((ticks.QuadPart * ns_per_s) / ticks_per_s.QuadPart);
 #else
     timespec ts;
     clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts);