diff --git a/gcc/config/i386/i386.cc b/gcc/config/i386/i386.cc
index ca763e1eb334d47e3ddfceb3b3fda8e5cfa40b8d..f74329a941aa63cc771af0aed9bfdb779520eac4 100644
--- a/gcc/config/i386/i386.cc
+++ b/gcc/config/i386/i386.cc
@@ -21155,10 +21155,6 @@ ix86_hard_regno_mode_ok (unsigned int regno, machine_mode mode)
       if (EXT_REX_SSE_REGNO_P (regno))
 	return false;
 
-      /* Use pinsrw/pextrw to mov 16-bit data from/to sse to/from integer.  */
-      if (TARGET_SSE2 && mode == HImode)
-	return true;
-
       /* OImode and AVX modes are available only when AVX is enabled.  */
       return ((TARGET_AVX
 	       && VALID_AVX256_REG_OR_OI_MODE (mode))
diff --git a/gcc/config/i386/i386.h b/gcc/config/i386/i386.h
index 85c54c35c5c9ed2160c70a8a3f83da70b3c77cd6..61bc20e1868b45420fd7953ed7b6885a462f8ff4 100644
--- a/gcc/config/i386/i386.h
+++ b/gcc/config/i386/i386.h
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ extern const char *host_detect_local_cpu (int argc, const char **argv);
    || (MODE) == V8HFmode || (MODE) == V4HFmode || (MODE) == V2HFmode	\
    || (MODE) == V8BFmode || (MODE) == V4BFmode || (MODE) == V2BFmode	\
    || (MODE) == V4QImode || (MODE) == V2HImode || (MODE) == V1SImode	\
-   || (MODE) == V2DImode || (MODE) == V2QImode				\
+   || (MODE) == V2DImode || (MODE) == V2QImode || (MODE) == HImode	\
    || (MODE) == DFmode	|| (MODE) == DImode				\
    || (MODE) == HFmode || (MODE) == BFmode)