--- a/src/sh4/sh4x86.in	Wed Oct 29 23:51:58 2008 +0000
+++ b/src/sh4/sh4x86.in	Thu Oct 30 05:50:21 2008 +0000
@@ -109,13 +109,9 @@
 {
     uint32_t features;
     
-    // Note: Include the push/pop ebx sequence in case of PIC builds. This 
-    // isn't exactly on a critical path anyway
     __asm__ __volatile__(
-        "pushl %%ebx\n\t"
         "mov $0x01, %%eax\n\t"
-        "cpuid\n\t"
-        "popl %%ebx" : "=c" (features) : : "eax", "edx");
+        "cpuid\n\t" : "=c" (features) : : "eax", "edx", "ebx");
     return (features & 1) ? TRUE : FALSE;
 }