diff --git a/dev/make/compiler_definitions/icx.mkl.32e.mk b/dev/make/compiler_definitions/icx.mkl.32e.mk
index af18b3fe0ec..e61e6bc39bc 100644
--- a/dev/make/compiler_definitions/icx.mkl.32e.mk
+++ b/dev/make/compiler_definitions/icx.mkl.32e.mk
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ CORE.SERV.COMPILER.icx = generic
 COMPILER.lnx.icx = icx -m64 \
                      -Werror -Wreturn-type -qopenmp-simd
 
-COMPILER.win.icx = icx $(if $(MSVC_RT_is_release),-MD, -MDd) -nologo -WX -Qopenmp-simd -Wno-deprecated-declarations
+COMPILER.win.icx = icx $(if $(MSVC_RT_is_release),-MD -Qopenmp-simd, -MDd) -nologo -WX -Wno-deprecated-declarations
 
 link.dynamic.lnx.icx = icx -m64 -no-intel-lib