diff --git a/target/s390x/translate_vx.inc.c b/target/s390x/translate_vx.inc.c
index 69c675e411..7b1d31cba5 100644
--- a/target/s390x/translate_vx.inc.c
+++ b/target/s390x/translate_vx.inc.c
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ static void get_vec_element_ptr_i64(TCGv_ptr ptr, uint8_t reg, TCGv_i64 enr,
 #define gen_gvec_fn_3(fn, es, v1, v2, v3) \
     tcg_gen_gvec_##fn(es, vec_full_reg_offset(v1), vec_full_reg_offset(v2), \
                       vec_full_reg_offset(v3), 16, 16)
+#define gen_gvec_fn_4(fn, es, v1, v2, v3, v4) \
+    tcg_gen_gvec_##fn(es, vec_full_reg_offset(v1), vec_full_reg_offset(v2), \
+                      vec_full_reg_offset(v3), vec_full_reg_offset(v4), 16, 16)
 
 /*
  * Helper to carry out a 128 bit vector computation using 2 i64 values per
@@ -915,40 +918,11 @@ static DisasJumpType op_vsce(DisasContext *s, DisasOps *o)
     return DISAS_NEXT;
 }
 
-static void gen_sel_i64(TCGv_i64 d, TCGv_i64 a, TCGv_i64 b, TCGv_i64 c)
-{
-    TCGv_i64 t = tcg_temp_new_i64();
-
-    /* bit in c not set -> copy bit from b */
-    tcg_gen_andc_i64(t, b, c);
-    /* bit in c set -> copy bit from a */
-    tcg_gen_and_i64(d, a, c);
-    /* merge the results */
-    tcg_gen_or_i64(d, d, t);
-    tcg_temp_free_i64(t);
-}
-
-static void gen_sel_vec(unsigned vece, TCGv_vec d, TCGv_vec a, TCGv_vec b,
-                        TCGv_vec c)
-{
-    TCGv_vec t = tcg_temp_new_vec_matching(d);
-
-    tcg_gen_andc_vec(vece, t, b, c);
-    tcg_gen_and_vec(vece, d, a, c);
-    tcg_gen_or_vec(vece, d, d, t);
-    tcg_temp_free_vec(t);
-}
-
 static DisasJumpType op_vsel(DisasContext *s, DisasOps *o)
 {
-    static const GVecGen4 gvec_op = {
-        .fni8 = gen_sel_i64,
-        .fniv = gen_sel_vec,
-        .prefer_i64 = TCG_TARGET_REG_BITS == 64,
-    };
-
-    gen_gvec_4(get_field(s->fields, v1), get_field(s->fields, v2),
-               get_field(s->fields, v3), get_field(s->fields, v4), &gvec_op);
+    gen_gvec_fn_4(bitsel, ES_8, get_field(s->fields, v1),
+                  get_field(s->fields, v4), get_field(s->fields, v2),
+                  get_field(s->fields, v3));
     return DISAS_NEXT;
 }