diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
index 5aef6a9..ba32af0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
@@ -96,13 +96,21 @@
 	alt_end_marker ":\n"
 
 /*
+ * max without conditionals. Idea adapted from:
+ * http://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html#IntegerMinOrMax
+ *
+ * The additional "-" is needed because gas works with s32s.
+ */
+#define alt_max_short(a, b)	"((" a ") ^ (((" a ") ^ (" b ")) & -(-((" a ") - (" b ")))))"
+
+/*
  * Pad the second replacement alternative with additional NOPs if it is
  * additionally longer than the first replacement alternative.
  */
-#define OLDINSTR_2(oldinstr, num1, num2)					\
-	__OLDINSTR(oldinstr, num1)						\
-	".skip -(((" alt_rlen(num2) ")-(" alt_rlen(num1) ")-(662b-661b)) > 0) * " \
-		"((" alt_rlen(num2) ")-(" alt_rlen(num1) ")-(662b-661b)),0x90\n"  \
+#define OLDINSTR_2(oldinstr, num1, num2) \
+	"661:\n\t" oldinstr "\n662:\n"								\
+	".skip -((" alt_max_short(alt_rlen(num1), alt_rlen(num2)) " - (" alt_slen ")) > 0) * "	\
+		"(" alt_max_short(alt_rlen(num1), alt_rlen(num2)) " - (" alt_slen ")), 0x90\n"	\
 	alt_end_marker ":\n"
 
 #define ALTINSTR_ENTRY(feature, num)					      \