diff --git a/crates/core_arch/src/x86/avx2.rs b/crates/core_arch/src/x86/avx2.rs
index 16add3dbb1..4bd87bfd7f 100644
--- a/crates/core_arch/src/x86/avx2.rs
+++ b/crates/core_arch/src/x86/avx2.rs
@@ -2001,7 +2001,9 @@ pub unsafe fn _mm256_min_epu8(a: __m256i, b: __m256i) -> __m256i {
 #[cfg_attr(test, assert_instr(vpmovmskb))]
 #[stable(feature = "simd_x86", since = "1.27.0")]
 pub unsafe fn _mm256_movemask_epi8(a: __m256i) -> i32 {
-    simd_bitmask::<_, u32>(a.as_i8x32()) as i32
+    let z = i8x32::splat(0);
+    let m: i8x32 = simd_lt(a.as_i8x32(), z);
+    simd_bitmask::<_, u32>(m) as i32
 }
 
 /// Computes the sum of absolute differences (SADs) of quadruplets of unsigned
diff --git a/crates/core_arch/src/x86/sse2.rs b/crates/core_arch/src/x86/sse2.rs
index b32fb44c03..f3f613219d 100644
--- a/crates/core_arch/src/x86/sse2.rs
+++ b/crates/core_arch/src/x86/sse2.rs
@@ -1378,7 +1378,9 @@ pub unsafe fn _mm_insert_epi16<const IMM8: i32>(a: __m128i, i: i32) -> __m128i {
 #[cfg_attr(test, assert_instr(pmovmskb))]
 #[stable(feature = "simd_x86", since = "1.27.0")]
 pub unsafe fn _mm_movemask_epi8(a: __m128i) -> i32 {
-    simd_bitmask::<_, u16>(a.as_i8x16()) as u32 as i32
+    let z = i8x16::splat(0);
+    let m: i8x16 = simd_lt(a.as_i8x16(), z);
+    simd_bitmask::<_, u16>(m) as u32 as i32
 }
 
 /// Shuffles 32-bit integers in `a` using the control in `IMM8`.