diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h
index 524bddce0b7608813c8a85c590c3fb70f5bf6ce1..bdf02eeee76519582b0fe9c35b631852b1b417d9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h
@@ -45,12 +45,22 @@
 	.popsection
 .endm
 
+#define old_len			141b-140b
+#define new_len1		144f-143f
+#define new_len2		145f-144f
+
+/*
+ * max without conditionals. Idea adapted from:
+ * http://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html#IntegerMinOrMax
+ */
+#define alt_max_short(a, b)	((a) ^ (((a) ^ (b)) & -(-((a) < (b)))))
+
 .macro ALTERNATIVE_2 oldinstr, newinstr1, feature1, newinstr2, feature2
 140:
 	\oldinstr
 141:
-	.skip -(((144f-143f)-(141b-140b)) > 0) * ((144f-143f)-(141b-140b)),0x90
-	.skip -(((145f-144f)-(144f-143f)-(141b-140b)) > 0) * ((145f-144f)-(144f-143f)-(141b-140b)),0x90
+	.skip -((alt_max_short(new_len1, new_len2) - (old_len)) > 0) * \
+		(alt_max_short(new_len1, new_len2) - (old_len)),0x90
 142:
 
 	.pushsection .altinstructions,"a"
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
index 5aef6a97d80e53ac215782aa88d577658d726c2e..ba32af062f61d69164a792630e3257c8cdc6deb5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
@@ -95,14 +95,22 @@ static inline int alternatives_text_reserved(void *start, void *end)
 	__OLDINSTR(oldinstr, num)					\
 	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)					      \
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 5c993c94255e836abc432fcffdf41c369af13dd3..7c4ad005d7a0a5467ac980a5ae0d89f2ebdc4678 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -369,11 +369,11 @@ void __init_or_module apply_alternatives(struct alt_instr *start,
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		DPRINTK("feat: %d*32+%d, old: (%p, len: %d), repl: (%p, len: %d)",
+		DPRINTK("feat: %d*32+%d, old: (%p, len: %d), repl: (%p, len: %d), pad: %d",
 			a->cpuid >> 5,
 			a->cpuid & 0x1f,
 			instr, a->instrlen,
-			replacement, a->replacementlen);
+			replacement, a->replacementlen, a->padlen);
 
 		DUMP_BYTES(instr, a->instrlen, "%p: old_insn: ", instr);
 		DUMP_BYTES(replacement, a->replacementlen, "%p: rpl_insn: ", replacement);