diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_wm_emit.c b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_wm_emit.c
index 412e09b76a1..b1695760174 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_wm_emit.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_wm_emit.c
@@ -633,14 +633,10 @@ void emit_max(struct brw_compile *p,
 
    for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
       if (mask & (1<<i)) {	
-	 brw_set_saturate(p, (mask & SATURATE) ? 1 : 0);
-	 brw_MOV(p, dst[i], arg0[i]);
-	 brw_set_saturate(p, 0);
-
-	 brw_CMP(p, brw_null_reg(), BRW_CONDITIONAL_L, arg0[i], arg1[i]);
+	 brw_CMP(p, brw_null_reg(), BRW_CONDITIONAL_GE, arg0[i], arg1[i]);
 
 	 brw_set_saturate(p, (mask & SATURATE) ? 1 : 0);
-	 brw_MOV(p, dst[i], arg1[i]);
+	 brw_SEL(p, dst[i], arg0[i], arg1[i]);
 	 brw_set_saturate(p, 0);
 	 brw_set_predicate_control_flag_value(p, 0xff);
       }
@@ -657,14 +653,10 @@ void emit_min(struct brw_compile *p,
 
    for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
       if (mask & (1<<i)) {	
-	 brw_set_saturate(p, (mask & SATURATE) ? 1 : 0);
-	 brw_MOV(p, dst[i], arg1[i]);
-	 brw_set_saturate(p, 0);
-
 	 brw_CMP(p, brw_null_reg(), BRW_CONDITIONAL_L, arg0[i], arg1[i]);
 
 	 brw_set_saturate(p, (mask & SATURATE) ? 1 : 0);
-	 brw_MOV(p, dst[i], arg0[i]);
+	 brw_SEL(p, dst[i], arg0[i], arg1[i]);
 	 brw_set_saturate(p, 0);
 	 brw_set_predicate_control_flag_value(p, 0xff);
       }