diff --git a/target/s390x/translate.c b/target/s390x/translate.c
index d4951836ad..e8e8a79b7d 100644
--- a/target/s390x/translate.c
+++ b/target/s390x/translate.c
@@ -1407,13 +1407,7 @@ static DisasJumpType help_branch(DisasContext *s, DisasCompare *c,
 
 static DisasJumpType op_abs(DisasContext *s, DisasOps *o)
 {
-    TCGv_i64 z, n;
-    z = tcg_const_i64(0);
-    n = tcg_temp_new_i64();
-    tcg_gen_neg_i64(n, o->in2);
-    tcg_gen_movcond_i64(TCG_COND_LT, o->out, o->in2, z, n, o->in2);
-    tcg_temp_free_i64(n);
-    tcg_temp_free_i64(z);
+    tcg_gen_abs_i64(o->out, o->in2);
     return DISAS_NEXT;
 }