diff --git a/lib/crc32.c b/lib/crc32.c
index 826e16352e0e..4eac9c770cd4 100644
--- a/lib/crc32.c
+++ b/lib/crc32.c
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ crc32_body(u32 crc, unsigned char const *buf, size_t len, const u32 (*tab)[256])
 # endif
 	const u32 *b;
 	size_t    rem_len;
+# ifdef CONFIG_X86
+	size_t i;
+# endif
 	const u32 *t0=tab[0], *t1=tab[1], *t2=tab[2], *t3=tab[3];
 	const u32 *t4 = tab[4], *t5 = tab[5], *t6 = tab[6], *t7 = tab[7];
 	u32 q;
@@ -86,7 +89,12 @@ crc32_body(u32 crc, unsigned char const *buf, size_t len, const u32 (*tab)[256])
 # endif
 
 	b = (const u32 *)buf;
+# ifdef CONFIG_X86
+	--b;
+	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+# else
 	for (--b; len; --len) {
+# endif
 		q = crc ^ *++b; /* use pre increment for speed */
 # if CRC_LE_BITS == 32
 		crc = DO_CRC4;
@@ -100,9 +108,14 @@ crc32_body(u32 crc, unsigned char const *buf, size_t len, const u32 (*tab)[256])
 	/* And the last few bytes */
 	if (len) {
 		u8 *p = (u8 *)(b + 1) - 1;
+# ifdef CONFIG_X86
+		for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
+			DO_CRC(*++p); /* use pre increment for speed */
+# else
 		do {
 			DO_CRC(*++p); /* use pre increment for speed */
 		} while (--len);
+# endif
 	}
 	return crc;
 #undef DO_CRC