diff --git a/src/lj_emit_x86.h b/src/lj_emit_x86.h
index ad3bdde6d9..699c846dfb 100644
--- a/src/lj_emit_x86.h
+++ b/src/lj_emit_x86.h
@@ -308,9 +308,27 @@ static void emit_rma(ASMState *as, x86Op xo, Reg rr, const void *addr)
     emit_rmro(as, xo, rr, RID_DISPATCH, (int32_t)dispofs(as, addr));
   } else if (checki32(mcpofs(as, addr)) && checki32(mctopofs(as, addr))) {
     emit_rmro(as, xo, rr, RID_RIP, (int32_t)mcpofs(as, addr));
-  } else if (!checki32((intptr_t)addr) && (xo == XO_MOV || xo == XO_MOVSD)) {
-    emit_rmro(as, xo, rr, rr, 0);
-    emit_loadu64(as, rr, (uintptr_t)addr);
+  } else if (!checki32((intptr_t)addr)) {
+    Reg ra = (rr & 15);
+    if (xo != XO_MOV) {
+      /* We can't allocate a register here. Use and restore DISPATCH. Ugly. */
+      uint64_t dispaddr = (uintptr_t)J2GG(as->J)->dispatch;
+      uint8_t i8 = xo == XO_GROUP3b ? *as->mcp++ : 0;
+      ra = RID_DISPATCH;
+      if (checku32(dispaddr)) {
+	emit_loadi(as, ra, (int32_t)dispaddr);
+      } else {  /* Full-size 64 bit load. */
+	MCode *p = as->mcp;
+	*(uint64_t *)(p-8) = dispaddr;
+	p[-9] = (MCode)(XI_MOVri+(ra&7));
+	p[-10] = 0x48 + ((ra>>3)&1);
+	p -= 10;
+	as->mcp = p;
+      }
+      if (xo == XO_GROUP3b) emit_i8(as, i8);
+    }
+    emit_rmro(as, xo, rr, ra, 0);
+    emit_loadu64(as, ra, (uintptr_t)addr);
   } else
   {
     MCode *p = as->mcp;