diff --git a/src/arch/x86/insts/microregop.cc b/src/arch/x86/insts/microregop.cc
index 2ea975746..2edd3ba87 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86/insts/microregop.cc
+++ b/src/arch/x86/insts/microregop.cc
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ namespace X86ISA
             bool subtract) const
     {
         DPRINTF(X86, "flagMask = %#x\n", flagMask);
-        if (_destRegIdx[0] & (1 << 6)) {
+        if (_destRegIdx[0] & IntFoldBit) {
             _dest >>= 8;
         }
         uint64_t flags = oldFlags & ~flagMask;
diff --git a/src/arch/x86/insts/static_inst.cc b/src/arch/x86/insts/static_inst.cc
index 0820a47d4..4f48c4c59 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86/insts/static_inst.cc
+++ b/src/arch/x86/insts/static_inst.cc
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ namespace X86ISA
 
         if (reg < FP_Base_DepTag) {
             const char * suffix = "";
-            bool fold = reg & (1 << 6);
-            reg &= ~(1 << 6);
+            bool fold = reg & IntFoldBit;
+            reg &= ~IntFoldBit;
 
             if(fold)
                 suffix = "h";
diff --git a/src/arch/x86/insts/static_inst.hh b/src/arch/x86/insts/static_inst.hh
index 4ca7a4984..32065f7c0 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86/insts/static_inst.hh
+++ b/src/arch/x86/insts/static_inst.hh
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ namespace X86ISA
         inline uint64_t merge(uint64_t into, uint64_t val, int size) const
         {
             X86IntReg reg = into;
-            if(_destRegIdx[0] & (1 << 6))
+            if(_destRegIdx[0] & IntFoldBit)
             {
                 reg.H = val;
                 return reg;
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ namespace X86ISA
         {
             X86IntReg reg = from;
             DPRINTF(X86, "Picking with size %d\n", size);
-            if(_srcRegIdx[idx] & (1 << 6))
+            if(_srcRegIdx[idx] & IntFoldBit)
                 return reg.H;
             switch(size)
             {
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ namespace X86ISA
         {
             X86IntReg reg = from;
             DPRINTF(X86, "Picking with size %d\n", size);
-            if(_srcRegIdx[idx] & (1 << 6))
+            if(_srcRegIdx[idx] & IntFoldBit)
                 return reg.SH;
             switch(size)
             {
diff --git a/src/arch/x86/intregs.hh b/src/arch/x86/intregs.hh
index 627d7062f..2c6d871ed 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86/intregs.hh
+++ b/src/arch/x86/intregs.hh
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ namespace X86ISA
         NUM_INTREGS
     };
 
+    // This needs to be large enough to miss all the other bits of an index.
+    static const IntRegIndex IntFoldBit = (IntRegIndex)(1 << 6);
+
     inline static IntRegIndex
     INTREG_MICRO(int index)
     {
diff --git a/src/arch/x86/isa.hh b/src/arch/x86/isa.hh
index 8d3b110c6..9a1880062 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86/isa.hh
+++ b/src/arch/x86/isa.hh
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ namespace X86ISA
         int
         flattenIntIndex(int reg)
         {
-            return reg & ~(1 << 6);
+            return reg & ~IntFoldBit;
         }
 
         int