diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_vs_emit.c b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_vs_emit.c
index d16e916832e..14c3b936b7e 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_vs_emit.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_vs_emit.c
@@ -384,8 +384,9 @@ static void emit_sop( struct brw_vs_compile *c,
 {
    struct brw_compile *p = &c->func;
 
-   brw_CMP(p, brw_null_reg(), cond, arg1, arg0);
-   brw_SEL(p, dst, brw_null_reg(), brw_imm_f(1.0f));
+   brw_MOV(p, dst, brw_imm_f(0.0f));
+   brw_CMP(p, brw_null_reg(), cond, arg0, arg1);
+   brw_MOV(p, dst, brw_imm_f(1.0f));
    brw_set_predicate_control_flag_value(p, 0xff);
 }