diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/memmove_64.S b/arch/x86/lib/memmove_64.S
index 02661861e5dd9..0559b206fb110 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/memmove_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/memmove_64.S
@@ -38,10 +38,12 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(__memmove)
 	cmp %rdi, %r8
 	jg 2f
 
-	/* FSRM implies ERMS => no length checks, do the copy directly */
+#define CHECK_LEN	cmp $0x20, %rdx; jb 1f
+#define MEMMOVE_BYTES	movq %rdx, %rcx; rep movsb; RET
 .Lmemmove_begin_forward:
-	ALTERNATIVE "cmp $0x20, %rdx; jb 1f", "", X86_FEATURE_FSRM
-	ALTERNATIVE "", "jmp .Lmemmove_erms", X86_FEATURE_ERMS
+	ALTERNATIVE_2 __stringify(CHECK_LEN), \
+		      __stringify(CHECK_LEN; MEMMOVE_BYTES), X86_FEATURE_ERMS, \
+		      __stringify(MEMMOVE_BYTES), X86_FEATURE_FSRM
 
 	/*
 	 * movsq instruction have many startup latency
@@ -207,11 +209,6 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(__memmove)
 	movb %r11b, (%rdi)
 13:
 	RET
-
-.Lmemmove_erms:
-	movq %rdx, %rcx
-	rep movsb
-	RET
 SYM_FUNC_END(__memmove)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__memmove)