diff --git a/include/asm-arm/byteorder.h b/include/asm-arm/byteorder.h
index 741f5bc5d016..17eaf8bdf092 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/byteorder.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/byteorder.h
@@ -22,7 +22,16 @@ static inline __attribute_const__ __u32 ___arch__swab32(__u32 x)
 {
 	__u32 t;
 
-	t = x ^ ((x << 16) | (x >> 16));	/* eor r1,r0,r0,ror #16  */
+	if (__builtin_constant_p(x)) {
+		t = x ^ ((x << 16) | (x >> 16)); /* eor r1,r0,r0,ror #16 */
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * The compiler needs a bit of a hint here to always do the
+		 * right thing and not screw it up to different degrees
+		 * depending on the gcc version.
+		 */
+		asm ("eor\t%0, %1, %1, ror #16" : "=r" (t) : "r" (x));
+	}
 	x = (x << 24) | (x >> 8);		/* mov r0,r0,ror #8      */
 	t &= ~0x00FF0000;			/* bic r1,r1,#0x00FF0000 */
 	x ^= (t >> 8);				/* eor r0,r0,r1,lsr #8   */