diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f9fdf58bc3..82639ce057 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5947,7 +5947,7 @@ elif enabled mips; then
     enabled loongson3 && check_inline_asm loongson3 '"gsldxc1 $f0, 0($2, $3)"' '-mloongson-ext' && append MMIFLAGS '-mloongson-ext'
 
     # MMI can be detected at runtime too
-    enabled mmi && check_inline_asm mmi '"punpcklhw $f0, $f0, $f0"' '-mloongson-mmi' && append MMIFLAGS '-mloongson-mmi'
+    enabled mmi && check_inline_asm mmi '"pxor $f0, $f0, $f0"' '-mloongson-mmi' && append MMIFLAGS '-mloongson-mmi'
 
     if enabled bigendian && enabled msa; then
         disable msa