diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
index ce980db5e59d54796d80bfdf08a8d63b82a5e36e..0b64af4f13ac964e53b314f5c435e5494b6e398a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ do {							\
 	case 8:						\
 		asm(op "q %1,"__percpu_arg(0)		\
 		    : "+m" (var)			\
-		    : "r" ((T__)val));			\
+		    : "re" ((T__)val));			\
 		break;					\
 	default: __bad_percpu_size();			\
 	}						\