diff -r 6a25433b30ed -r 3ab3cb8a8d41 src/hotspot/cpu/x86/c1_LIRAssembler_x86.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/c1_LIRAssembler_x86.cpp	Thu Jan 03 14:33:58 2019 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/c1_LIRAssembler_x86.cpp	Thu Jan 03 14:55:13 2019 -0800
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@
 
     case T_FLOAT: {
       if (dest->is_single_xmm()) {
-        if (LP64_ONLY(UseAVX < 2 &&) c->is_zero_float()) {
+        if (LP64_ONLY(UseAVX <= 2 &&) c->is_zero_float()) {
           __ xorps(dest->as_xmm_float_reg(), dest->as_xmm_float_reg());
         } else {
           __ movflt(dest->as_xmm_float_reg(),
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@
 
     case T_DOUBLE: {
       if (dest->is_double_xmm()) {
-        if (LP64_ONLY(UseAVX < 2 &&) c->is_zero_double()) {
+        if (LP64_ONLY(UseAVX <= 2 &&) c->is_zero_double()) {
           __ xorpd(dest->as_xmm_double_reg(), dest->as_xmm_double_reg());
         } else {
           __ movdbl(dest->as_xmm_double_reg(),