diff --git a/gcc/config/i386/i386-options.cc b/gcc/config/i386/i386-options.cc
index f423455b3638fed893064a2aabddf9b9fe2d044a..f79257cc764182ecf7a3abf52e1b2a71f5d0c4b7 100644
--- a/gcc/config/i386/i386-options.cc
+++ b/gcc/config/i386/i386-options.cc
@@ -3023,6 +3023,9 @@ ix86_option_override_internal (bool main_args_p,
 	      if (TARGET_AVX512F_P (opts->x_ix86_isa_flags)
 		  && TARGET_EVEX512_P (opts->x_ix86_isa_flags2))
 		opts->x_ix86_move_max = PVW_AVX512;
+	      /* Align with vectorizer to avoid potential STLF issue.  */
+	      else if (TARGET_AVX_P (opts->x_ix86_isa_flags))
+		opts->x_ix86_move_max = PVW_AVX256;
 	      else
 		opts->x_ix86_move_max = PVW_AVX128;
 	    }
@@ -3047,6 +3050,9 @@ ix86_option_override_internal (bool main_args_p,
 	      if (TARGET_AVX512F_P (opts->x_ix86_isa_flags)
 		  && TARGET_EVEX512_P (opts->x_ix86_isa_flags2))
 		opts->x_ix86_store_max = PVW_AVX512;
+	      /* Align with vectorizer to avoid potential STLF issue.  */
+	      else if (TARGET_AVX_P (opts->x_ix86_isa_flags))
+		opts->x_ix86_store_max = PVW_AVX256;
 	      else
 		opts->x_ix86_store_max = PVW_AVX128;
 	    }
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memcpy-10.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memcpy-10.c
index 5faee21f9b9931c8bf8294bcd5d551815c4dab45..53ad0b3be4436e03861405ba2ab0661a9c765157 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memcpy-10.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memcpy-10.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* { dg-do compile } */
-/* { dg-options "-O2 -mno-avx2 -mavx -mtune=sandybridge" } */
+/* { dg-options "-O2 -mno-avx2 -mavx -mprefer-vector-width=128 -mtune=sandybridge" } */
 
 extern char *dst, *src;
 
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memcpy-22.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memcpy-22.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..605b3623ffc50f13bab4c27596db78ac493aaea3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memcpy-22.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* { dg-do compile { target { ! ia32 } } } */
+/* { dg-options "-O2 -mno-avx2 -mavx -mtune=generic" } */
+
+extern char *dst, *src;
+
+void
+foo (void)
+{
+  __builtin_memcpy (dst, src, 33);
+}
+
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times "vmovdqu\[ \\t\]+\[^\n\]*%ymm" 2 } } */
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memcpy-6.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memcpy-6.c
index 5f99cc98c4720c902ad4ce93bca5372bb98438b4..cfd2a86cf33bd2648062c7616d367e6e7a87164f 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memcpy-6.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memcpy-6.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* { dg-do compile { target { ! ia32 } } } */
-/* { dg-options "-O2 -mno-avx2 -mavx -mtune=sandybridge" } */
+/* { dg-options "-O2 -mno-avx2 -mavx -mprefer-vector-width=128 -mtune=sandybridge" } */
 
 extern char *dst, *src;
 
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memset-38.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memset-38.c
index ed4a24a54fda5b767ad54a92f490596b1f773d5c..ddd194debd57d5c48030c9e21909930d3d79efbe 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memset-38.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memset-38.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* { dg-do compile } */
-/* { dg-options "-O2 -mno-avx512f -mavx2 -mtune=sandybridge" } */
+/* { dg-options "-O2 -mno-avx512f -mavx2 -mprefer-vector-width=128 -mtune=sandybridge" } */
 
 extern char *dst;
 
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memset-40.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memset-40.c
index 86358c99a83c3055aa12c1687040650adff35709..5878876550c1df7b9d52a82f8625cf0ea16c4ade 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memset-40.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memset-40.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* { dg-do compile } */
-/* { dg-options "-O2 -mno-avx512f -mavx2 -mtune=sandybridge" } */
+/* { dg-options "-O2 -mno-avx512f -mavx2 -mprefer-vector-width=128 -mtune=sandybridge" } */
 /* Cope with --enable-frame-pointer, Solaris/x86 -mstackrealign default.  */
 /* { dg-additional-options "-fomit-frame-pointer -mno-stackrealign" } */
 
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memset-41.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memset-41.c
index d7a27f52983fa73dc4dec8a9d798f083e7e72acb..27a6c8ad139127e5ab78a2ccebab9856531cd2fb 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memset-41.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memset-41.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* { dg-do compile } */
-/* { dg-options "-O2 -mno-avx2 -mavx -mtune=sandybridge -mno-stackrealign" } */
+/* { dg-options "-O2 -mno-avx2 -mavx -mprefer-vector-width=128 -mtune=sandybridge -mno-stackrealign" } */
 /* Cope with --enable-frame-pointer.  */
 /* { dg-additional-options "-fomit-frame-pointer" } */
 
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memset-42.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memset-42.c
index df0c122aae71d4d010064719a632e5b42895b9d0..103da699ae5273ee077ff9173792ad0c4b91db2c 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memset-42.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memset-42.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* { dg-do compile } */
-/* { dg-options "-O2 -mno-avx2 -mavx -mtune=sandybridge" } */
+/* { dg-options "-O2 -mno-avx2 -mavx -mprefer-vector-width=128 -mtune=sandybridge" } */
 
 extern char *dst;
 
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memset-43.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memset-43.c
index 2f2179c2df9e3797b5f6b7276cd00cb4a4c8be92..f1494e176105b43c8d6c4cf814bf9ea594768845 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memset-43.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memset-43.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* { dg-do compile } */
-/* { dg-options "-O2 -mno-avx2 -mavx -mtune=sandybridge" } */
+/* { dg-options "-O2 -mno-avx2 -mavx -mprefer-vector-width=128 -mtune=sandybridge" } */
 
 extern char *dst;
 
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memset-51.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memset-51.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..192ec0d1647db21c46b0b84b23167ec46c5e02aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-memset-51.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* { dg-do compile } */
+/* { dg-options "-O2 -mno-avx2 -mavx -mtune=generic" } */
+
+extern char *dst;
+
+void
+foo (int x)
+{
+  __builtin_memset (dst, x, 64);
+}
+
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times "vmovdqu\[ \\t\]+\[^\n\]*%ymm" 2 } } */
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-strcpy-2.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-strcpy-2.c
index 90446edb4f35086353359af1801fafe73a0ab74d..9bb94b7419b3677eb77e29bfddf7bed947271215 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-strcpy-2.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-strcpy-2.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* { dg-do compile { target { ! ia32 } } } */
-/* { dg-options "-O2 -mno-avx2 -mavx -mtune=sandybridge" } */
+/* { dg-options "-O2 -mno-avx2 -mavx -mprefer-vector-width=128 -mtune=sandybridge" } */
 
 extern char *strcpy (char *, const char *);
 
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-strcpy-3.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-strcpy-3.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..df7571b547fc6aab7c9818da75615ebc617e7843
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pieces-strcpy-3.c
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/* { dg-do compile { target { ! ia32 } } } */
+/* { dg-options "-O2 -mno-avx2 -mavx -mtune=generic" } */
+
+extern char *strcpy (char *, const char *);
+
+void
+foo (char *s)
+{
+  strcpy (s,
+	  "1234567890abcdef123456abcdef5678123456abcdef567abcdef678"
+	  "1234567");
+}
+
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times "vmovdqa\[ \\t\]+\[^\n\]*%ymm" 2 } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times "vmovdqu\[ \\t\]+\[^\n\]*%ymm" 2 } } */