diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/macroAssembler_x86.cpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/macroAssembler_x86.cpp
index 88296656485..ba4b089c7aa 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/macroAssembler_x86.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/macroAssembler_x86.cpp
@@ -2568,7 +2568,9 @@ void MacroAssembler::movptr(Register dst, Address src) {
 // src should NEVER be a real pointer. Use AddressLiteral for true pointers
 void MacroAssembler::movptr(Register dst, intptr_t src) {
 #ifdef _LP64
-  if (is_simm32(src)) {
+  if (is_uimm32(src)) {
+    movl(dst, checked_cast<uint32_t>(src));
+  } else if (is_simm32(src)) {
     movq(dst, checked_cast<int32_t>(src));
   } else {
     mov64(dst, src);
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/asm/assembler.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/asm/assembler.hpp
index 7b7dbd4ede7..a533b963844 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/asm/assembler.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/asm/assembler.hpp
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ class AbstractAssembler : public ResourceObj  {
   }
 
   static bool is_uimm12(uint64_t x) { return is_uimm(x, 12); }
+  static bool is_uimm32(uint64_t x) { return is_uimm(x, 32); }
 
   // Accessors
   CodeSection*  code_section() const   { return _code_section; }