diff --git a/tools/tests/x86_emulator/simd-sg.c b/tools/tests/x86_emulator/simd-sg.c
index 09228a4639..36f2d63d49 100644
--- a/tools/tests/x86_emulator/simd-sg.c
+++ b/tools/tests/x86_emulator/simd-sg.c
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ int sg_test(void)
 # if ELEM_SIZE == IDX_SIZE
     y = gather(x, array, idx, (idx & inv) != 0, ELEM_SIZE);
     for ( i = 0; i < ITEM_COUNT; ++i )
-        if ( y[i] != ((i + 1) & (ITEM_COUNT - i) ? idx : inv)[i] + 1 )
+        if ( y[i] != ((i + 1) & (ITEM_COUNT - i) ? idx[i] : inv[i]) + 1 )
             return __LINE__;
     for ( ; i < ELEM_COUNT; ++i )
         if ( y[i] )
diff --git a/tools/tests/x86_emulator/simd.c b/tools/tests/x86_emulator/simd.c
index 995f4e3683..198f7b933e 100644
--- a/tools/tests/x86_emulator/simd.c
+++ b/tools/tests/x86_emulator/simd.c
@@ -1727,8 +1727,8 @@ int simd_test(void)
     if ( !eq(x - src, (alt + 1) / 2) ) return __LINE__;
 #endif
 
-    for ( i = 0; i < ELEM_COUNT; ++i )
-        y[i] = (i & 1 ? inv : src)[i];
+    for ( y = src, i = 1; i < ELEM_COUNT; i += 2 )
+        y[i] = inv[i];
 
 #ifdef select
 # ifdef UINT_SIZE