diff --git a/target/i386/tcg/translate.c b/target/i386/tcg/translate.c
index 2a94d33742..c393913fe0 100644
--- a/target/i386/tcg/translate.c
+++ b/target/i386/tcg/translate.c
@@ -4509,10 +4509,8 @@ static void gen_sse(CPUX86State *env, DisasContext *s, int b,
             sse_fn_ppi(s->ptr0, s->ptr1, tcg_const_i32(val));
             break;
         case 0xc2:
-            /* compare insns */
-            val = x86_ldub_code(env, s);
-            if (val >= 8)
-                goto unknown_op;
+            /* compare insns, bits 7:3 (7:5 for AVX) are ignored */
+            val = x86_ldub_code(env, s) & 7;
             sse_fn_epp = sse_op_table4[val][b1];
 
             tcg_gen_addi_ptr(s->ptr0, cpu_env, op1_offset);