diff --git a/simd/jcsammmx.asm b/simd/jcsammmx.asm
index c7126a0d..9e43b2f8 100644
--- a/simd/jcsammmx.asm
+++ b/simd/jcsammmx.asm
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ EXTN(jsimd_h2v1_downsample_mmx):
 
 	mov	eax, JDIMENSION [v_samp(ebp)]	; rowctr
 	test	eax,eax
-	jle	short .return
+	jle	near .return
 
 	mov       edx, 0x00010000	; bias pattern
 	movd      mm7,edx
diff --git a/simd/jdmrgmmx.asm b/simd/jdmrgmmx.asm
index f5fa9363..b5777a3e 100644
--- a/simd/jdmrgmmx.asm
+++ b/simd/jdmrgmmx.asm
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ EXTN(jsimd_h2v1_merged_upsample_mmx):
 	movq	MMWORD [edi+2*SIZEOF_MMWORD], mmC
 
 	sub	ecx, byte SIZEOF_MMWORD
-	jz	short .endcolumn
+	jz	near .endcolumn
 
 	add	edi, byte RGB_PIXELSIZE*SIZEOF_MMWORD	; outptr
 	add	esi, byte SIZEOF_MMWORD			; inptr0