diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/vm/assembler_x86.cpp b/src/cpu/x86/vm/assembler_x86.cpp
index 8a96efe46dd83f3d31c0992c0a70b657f1d86d4f..a16bacf022c87a1a98e013c094daf1d7b2bdfdd4 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/vm/assembler_x86.cpp
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/vm/assembler_x86.cpp
@@ -2307,7 +2307,7 @@ void Assembler::prefetch_prefix(Address src) {
 }
 
 void Assembler::prefetchnta(Address src) {
-  NOT_LP64(assert(VM_Version::supports_sse2(), "must support"));
+  NOT_LP64(assert(VM_Version::supports_sse(), "must support"));
   InstructionMark im(this);
   prefetch_prefix(src);
   emit_byte(0x18);