diff --git a/target-arm/translate.c b/target-arm/translate.c
index 6fcdd7e544..cb19dd7b7a 100644
--- a/target-arm/translate.c
+++ b/target-arm/translate.c
@@ -250,13 +250,9 @@ static void gen_rev16(TCGv var)
 /* Byteswap low halfword and sign extend.  */
 static void gen_revsh(TCGv var)
 {
-    TCGv tmp = new_tmp();
-    tcg_gen_shri_i32(tmp, var, 8);
-    tcg_gen_andi_i32(tmp, tmp, 0x00ff);
-    tcg_gen_shli_i32(var, var, 8);
-    tcg_gen_ext8s_i32(var, var);
-    tcg_gen_or_i32(var, var, tmp);
-    dead_tmp(tmp);
+    tcg_gen_ext16u_i32(var, var);
+    tcg_gen_bswap16_i32(var, var);
+    tcg_gen_ext16s_i32(var, var);
 }
 
 /* Unsigned bitfield extract.  */