diff --git a/src/system/libroot/os/arch/x86/byteorder.S b/src/system/libroot/os/arch/x86/byteorder.S
index 62289d371e..3bb3237581 100644
--- a/src/system/libroot/os/arch/x86/byteorder.S
+++ b/src/system/libroot/os/arch/x86/byteorder.S
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ FUNCTION(__swap_float):
 	movl	4(%esp), %eax
 	bswap	%eax
 	movl	%eax, 4(%esp)
-	fld		4(%esp)
+	flds	4(%esp)
 	ret
 FUNCTION_END(__swap_float)