diff --git a/arch/x86/lguest/head_32.S b/arch/x86/lguest/head_32.S
index 6ddfe4fc23c3eefbfe4bb10f726ce27bc51a2fba..05b0a85507ce85bf3f3d43381172278ba212a3a8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lguest/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/lguest/head_32.S
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ ENTRY(lg_irq_enable)
 	 * set lguest_data.irq_pending to X86_EFLAGS_IF.  If it's not zero, we
 	 * jump to send_interrupts, otherwise we're done.
 	 */
-	testl $0, lguest_data+LGUEST_DATA_irq_pending
+	cmpl $0, lguest_data+LGUEST_DATA_irq_pending
 	jnz send_interrupts
 	/*
 	 * One cool thing about x86 is that you can do many things without using