diff --git a/src/northbridge/acer/m1631/ipl.S b/src/northbridge/acer/m1631/ipl.S
index e10b4b43ed..5e6191d4f0 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/acer/m1631/ipl.S
+++ b/src/northbridge/acer/m1631/ipl.S
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@ it with the version available from LANL.
  * set the right value. 
  */
 #define INIT_MCR $0xf6621000
+/* GNU AS misassembles this. I can't believe what a piece of 
+ * trash gas has turned out to be ...
 #define LONGDELAY movw	$0x1000, ax; 1: dec %ax; jnz 1b
+ */
+#define LONGDELAY  1: dec %ax; jnz 1b
 #define WDELAY outb %al, $0x80; jmp 1f; 1: outb %al, $0x80
 #define WRITE_MCR0 movl %ecx, %eax ;  outl %eax, %dx ; WDELAY
 /*#include <cpu/p5/start32.inc>*/
@@ -256,8 +260,8 @@ sizeram:
 /* you don't need to even care how large CAS is. 
  * Just set 4-bank mode, and set non-zero numbers into a few places. 
  * if the byte at 0 changes, you have two banks. Trivial.
- */
 	LONGDELAY
+ */
 	movl	$0x1000, %esi
 	movb	$0, (%edi)
 	movb	$5, (%esi)