diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/vm/interp_masm_x86_32.cpp b/src/cpu/x86/vm/interp_masm_x86_32.cpp
index fcadd2ee9a35fb4e2314de8a949a5287c962ce81..b6f2438db83d4dcf262d17d8060a1680b4c74818 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/vm/interp_masm_x86_32.cpp
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/vm/interp_masm_x86_32.cpp
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ void InterpreterMacroAssembler::check_and_handle_earlyret(Register java_thread)
 
 void InterpreterMacroAssembler::get_unsigned_2_byte_index_at_bcp(Register reg, int bcp_offset) {
   assert(bcp_offset >= 0, "bcp is still pointing to start of bytecode");
-  movl(reg, Address(rsi, bcp_offset));
+  load_unsigned_short(reg, Address(rsi, bcp_offset));
   bswapl(reg);
   shrl(reg, 16);
 }
diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/vm/interp_masm_x86_64.cpp b/src/cpu/x86/vm/interp_masm_x86_64.cpp
index 7758d8fbcb57258f12d5dbbaaef27478d8e27ee6..520c872a6047c677b744b607b78b1bafea808eb7 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/vm/interp_masm_x86_64.cpp
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/vm/interp_masm_x86_64.cpp
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ void InterpreterMacroAssembler::get_unsigned_2_byte_index_at_bcp(
   Register reg,
   int bcp_offset) {
   assert(bcp_offset >= 0, "bcp is still pointing to start of bytecode");
-  movl(reg, Address(r13, bcp_offset));
+  load_unsigned_short(reg, Address(r13, bcp_offset));
   bswapl(reg);
   shrl(reg, 16);
 }
diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/vm/templateTable_x86_32.cpp b/src/cpu/x86/vm/templateTable_x86_32.cpp
index 6e6033b02b6bbdd980d15961a158f78e5b19736b..387ed67f0089b099a74bf377c7d3048c3eb4cac1 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/vm/templateTable_x86_32.cpp
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/vm/templateTable_x86_32.cpp
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ void TemplateTable::aload() {
 
 
 void TemplateTable::locals_index_wide(Register reg) {
-  __ movl(reg, at_bcp(2));
+  __ load_unsigned_short(reg, at_bcp(2));
   __ bswapl(reg);
   __ shrl(reg, 16);
   __ negptr(reg);
@@ -1552,7 +1552,11 @@ void TemplateTable::branch(bool is_jsr, bool is_wide) {
                               InvocationCounter::counter_offset();
 
   // Load up EDX with the branch displacement
-  __ movl(rdx, at_bcp(1));
+  if (is_wide) {
+    __ movl(rdx, at_bcp(1));
+  } else {
+    __ load_signed_short(rdx, at_bcp(1));
+  }
   __ bswapl(rdx);
   if (!is_wide) __ sarl(rdx, 16);
   LP64_ONLY(__ movslq(rdx, rdx));
diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/vm/templateTable_x86_64.cpp b/src/cpu/x86/vm/templateTable_x86_64.cpp
index 8c49726e5fff5cef7fbeccc2e59af9c028f2c40a..64001398d555145870926f9e927c83e971fe19db 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/vm/templateTable_x86_64.cpp
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/vm/templateTable_x86_64.cpp
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ void TemplateTable::aload() {
 }
 
 void TemplateTable::locals_index_wide(Register reg) {
-  __ movl(reg, at_bcp(2));
+  __ load_unsigned_short(reg, at_bcp(2));
   __ bswapl(reg);
   __ shrl(reg, 16);
   __ negptr(reg);
@@ -1575,7 +1575,11 @@ void TemplateTable::branch(bool is_jsr, bool is_wide) {
                               InvocationCounter::counter_offset();
 
   // Load up edx with the branch displacement
-  __ movl(rdx, at_bcp(1));
+  if (is_wide) {
+    __ movl(rdx, at_bcp(1));
+  } else {
+    __ load_signed_short(rdx, at_bcp(1));
+  }
   __ bswapl(rdx);
 
   if (!is_wide) {