diff --git a/libavutil/x86/cpu.c b/libavutil/x86/cpu.c
index 3975e685339be172e250a778d01139ca714f9548..2424fe451648645db76801618ff9b449651e9d13 100644
--- a/libavutil/x86/cpu.c
+++ b/libavutil/x86/cpu.c
@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ int ff_get_cpu_flags_x86(void)
         return 0; /* CPUID not supported */
 #endif
 
-    cpuid(0, max_std_level, vendor.i[0], vendor.i[2], vendor.i[1]);
+    cpuid(0, max_std_level, ebx, ecx, edx);
+    vendor.i[0] = ebx;
+    vendor.i[1] = edx;
+    vendor.i[2] = ecx;
 
     if(max_std_level >= 1){
         cpuid(1, eax, ebx, ecx, std_caps);