diff --git a/target/xtensa/translate.c b/target/xtensa/translate.c
index 301c8e3161..b063fa85f2 100644
--- a/target/xtensa/translate.c
+++ b/target/xtensa/translate.c
@@ -1709,14 +1709,7 @@ void restore_state_to_opc(CPUXtensaState *env, TranslationBlock *tb,
 static void translate_abs(DisasContext *dc, const OpcodeArg arg[],
                           const uint32_t par[])
 {
-    TCGv_i32 zero = tcg_const_i32(0);
-    TCGv_i32 neg = tcg_temp_new_i32();
-
-    tcg_gen_neg_i32(neg, arg[1].in);
-    tcg_gen_movcond_i32(TCG_COND_GE, arg[0].out,
-                        arg[1].in, zero, arg[1].in, neg);
-    tcg_temp_free(neg);
-    tcg_temp_free(zero);
+    tcg_gen_abs_i32(arg[0].out, arg[1].in);
 }
 
 static void translate_add(DisasContext *dc, const OpcodeArg arg[],