diff --git a/tcg/aarch64/tcg-target.inc.c b/tcg/aarch64/tcg-target.inc.c
index eefa929948..ee89734318 100644
--- a/tcg/aarch64/tcg-target.inc.c
+++ b/tcg/aarch64/tcg-target.inc.c
@@ -938,10 +938,10 @@ static void tcg_out_ldst(TCGContext *s, AArch64Insn insn, TCGReg rd,
     tcg_out_ldst_r(s, insn, rd, rn, TCG_TYPE_I64, TCG_REG_TMP);
 }
 
-static void tcg_out_mov(TCGContext *s, TCGType type, TCGReg ret, TCGReg arg)
+static bool tcg_out_mov(TCGContext *s, TCGType type, TCGReg ret, TCGReg arg)
 {
     if (ret == arg) {
-        return;
+        return true;
     }
     switch (type) {
     case TCG_TYPE_I32:
@@ -970,6 +970,7 @@ static void tcg_out_mov(TCGContext *s, TCGType type, TCGReg ret, TCGReg arg)
     default:
         g_assert_not_reached();
     }
+    return true;
 }
 
 static void tcg_out_ld(TCGContext *s, TCGType type, TCGReg ret,
diff --git a/tcg/arm/tcg-target.inc.c b/tcg/arm/tcg-target.inc.c
index abf0c444b4..dab93f7872 100644
--- a/tcg/arm/tcg-target.inc.c
+++ b/tcg/arm/tcg-target.inc.c
@@ -2264,10 +2264,13 @@ static inline bool tcg_out_sti(TCGContext *s, TCGType type, TCGArg val,
     return false;
 }
 
-static inline void tcg_out_mov(TCGContext *s, TCGType type,
+static inline bool tcg_out_mov(TCGContext *s, TCGType type,
                                TCGReg ret, TCGReg arg)
 {
-    tcg_out_dat_reg(s, COND_AL, ARITH_MOV, ret, 0, arg, SHIFT_IMM_LSL(0));
+    if (ret != arg) {
+        tcg_out_dat_reg(s, COND_AL, ARITH_MOV, ret, 0, arg, SHIFT_IMM_LSL(0));
+    }
+    return true;
 }
 
 static inline void tcg_out_movi(TCGContext *s, TCGType type,
diff --git a/tcg/i386/tcg-target.inc.c b/tcg/i386/tcg-target.inc.c
index d5ed9f1ffd..1198c76392 100644
--- a/tcg/i386/tcg-target.inc.c
+++ b/tcg/i386/tcg-target.inc.c
@@ -809,12 +809,12 @@ static inline void tgen_arithr(TCGContext *s, int subop, int dest, int src)
     tcg_out_modrm(s, OPC_ARITH_GvEv + (subop << 3) + ext, dest, src);
 }
 
-static void tcg_out_mov(TCGContext *s, TCGType type, TCGReg ret, TCGReg arg)
+static bool tcg_out_mov(TCGContext *s, TCGType type, TCGReg ret, TCGReg arg)
 {
     int rexw = 0;
 
     if (arg == ret) {
-        return;
+        return true;
     }
     switch (type) {
     case TCG_TYPE_I64:
@@ -852,6 +852,7 @@ static void tcg_out_mov(TCGContext *s, TCGType type, TCGReg ret, TCGReg arg)
     default:
         g_assert_not_reached();
     }
+    return true;
 }
 
 static void tcg_out_dup_vec(TCGContext *s, TCGType type, unsigned vece,
diff --git a/tcg/mips/tcg-target.inc.c b/tcg/mips/tcg-target.inc.c
index 412cacdcb9..7cafd4a790 100644
--- a/tcg/mips/tcg-target.inc.c
+++ b/tcg/mips/tcg-target.inc.c
@@ -558,13 +558,14 @@ static inline void tcg_out_dsra(TCGContext *s, TCGReg rd, TCGReg rt, TCGArg sa)
     tcg_out_opc_sa64(s, OPC_DSRA, OPC_DSRA32, rd, rt, sa);
 }
 
-static inline void tcg_out_mov(TCGContext *s, TCGType type,
+static inline bool tcg_out_mov(TCGContext *s, TCGType type,
                                TCGReg ret, TCGReg arg)
 {
     /* Simple reg-reg move, optimising out the 'do nothing' case */
     if (ret != arg) {
         tcg_out_opc_reg(s, OPC_OR, ret, arg, TCG_REG_ZERO);
     }
+    return true;
 }
 
 static void tcg_out_movi(TCGContext *s, TCGType type,
diff --git a/tcg/ppc/tcg-target.inc.c b/tcg/ppc/tcg-target.inc.c
index 36b4791707..30c095d3d5 100644
--- a/tcg/ppc/tcg-target.inc.c
+++ b/tcg/ppc/tcg-target.inc.c
@@ -559,12 +559,13 @@ static bool patch_reloc(tcg_insn_unit *code_ptr, int type,
 static void tcg_out_mem_long(TCGContext *s, int opi, int opx, TCGReg rt,
                              TCGReg base, tcg_target_long offset);
 
-static void tcg_out_mov(TCGContext *s, TCGType type, TCGReg ret, TCGReg arg)
+static bool tcg_out_mov(TCGContext *s, TCGType type, TCGReg ret, TCGReg arg)
 {
     tcg_debug_assert(TCG_TARGET_REG_BITS == 64 || type == TCG_TYPE_I32);
     if (ret != arg) {
         tcg_out32(s, OR | SAB(arg, ret, arg));
     }
+    return true;
 }
 
 static inline void tcg_out_rld(TCGContext *s, int op, TCGReg ra, TCGReg rs,
diff --git a/tcg/riscv/tcg-target.inc.c b/tcg/riscv/tcg-target.inc.c
index 2932505094..6497a4dab2 100644
--- a/tcg/riscv/tcg-target.inc.c
+++ b/tcg/riscv/tcg-target.inc.c
@@ -515,10 +515,10 @@ static bool patch_reloc(tcg_insn_unit *code_ptr, int type,
  * TCG intrinsics
  */
 
-static void tcg_out_mov(TCGContext *s, TCGType type, TCGReg ret, TCGReg arg)
+static bool tcg_out_mov(TCGContext *s, TCGType type, TCGReg ret, TCGReg arg)
 {
     if (ret == arg) {
-        return;
+        return true;
     }
     switch (type) {
     case TCG_TYPE_I32:
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ static void tcg_out_mov(TCGContext *s, TCGType type, TCGReg ret, TCGReg arg)
     default:
         g_assert_not_reached();
     }
+    return true;
 }
 
 static void tcg_out_movi(TCGContext *s, TCGType type, TCGReg rd,
diff --git a/tcg/s390/tcg-target.inc.c b/tcg/s390/tcg-target.inc.c
index 3d6150b10e..331d51852c 100644
--- a/tcg/s390/tcg-target.inc.c
+++ b/tcg/s390/tcg-target.inc.c
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ static void tcg_out_sh32(TCGContext* s, S390Opcode op, TCGReg dest,
     tcg_out_insn_RS(s, op, dest, sh_reg, 0, sh_imm);
 }
 
-static void tcg_out_mov(TCGContext *s, TCGType type, TCGReg dst, TCGReg src)
+static bool tcg_out_mov(TCGContext *s, TCGType type, TCGReg dst, TCGReg src)
 {
     if (src != dst) {
         if (type == TCG_TYPE_I32) {
@@ -557,6 +557,7 @@ static void tcg_out_mov(TCGContext *s, TCGType type, TCGReg dst, TCGReg src)
             tcg_out_insn(s, RRE, LGR, dst, src);
         }
     }
+    return true;
 }
 
 static const S390Opcode lli_insns[4] = {
diff --git a/tcg/sparc/tcg-target.inc.c b/tcg/sparc/tcg-target.inc.c
index 7a61839dc1..83295955a7 100644
--- a/tcg/sparc/tcg-target.inc.c
+++ b/tcg/sparc/tcg-target.inc.c
@@ -407,12 +407,13 @@ static void tcg_out_arithc(TCGContext *s, TCGReg rd, TCGReg rs1,
               | (val2const ? INSN_IMM13(val2) : INSN_RS2(val2)));
 }
 
-static inline void tcg_out_mov(TCGContext *s, TCGType type,
+static inline bool tcg_out_mov(TCGContext *s, TCGType type,
                                TCGReg ret, TCGReg arg)
 {
     if (ret != arg) {
         tcg_out_arith(s, ret, arg, TCG_REG_G0, ARITH_OR);
     }
+    return true;
 }
 
 static inline void tcg_out_sethi(TCGContext *s, TCGReg ret, uint32_t arg)
diff --git a/tcg/tcg.c b/tcg/tcg.c
index 70ca113c26..8ed7cb8654 100644
--- a/tcg/tcg.c
+++ b/tcg/tcg.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static const char *target_parse_constraint(TCGArgConstraint *ct,
                                            const char *ct_str, TCGType type);
 static void tcg_out_ld(TCGContext *s, TCGType type, TCGReg ret, TCGReg arg1,
                        intptr_t arg2);
-static void tcg_out_mov(TCGContext *s, TCGType type, TCGReg ret, TCGReg arg);
+static bool tcg_out_mov(TCGContext *s, TCGType type, TCGReg ret, TCGReg arg);
 static void tcg_out_movi(TCGContext *s, TCGType type,
                          TCGReg ret, tcg_target_long arg);
 static void tcg_out_op(TCGContext *s, TCGOpcode opc, const TCGArg *args,
@@ -3367,7 +3367,9 @@ static void tcg_reg_alloc_mov(TCGContext *s, const TCGOp *op)
                                          allocated_regs, preferred_regs,
                                          ots->indirect_base);
             }
-            tcg_out_mov(s, otype, ots->reg, ts->reg);
+            if (!tcg_out_mov(s, otype, ots->reg, ts->reg)) {
+                abort();
+            }
         }
         ots->val_type = TEMP_VAL_REG;
         ots->mem_coherent = 0;
@@ -3467,7 +3469,9 @@ static void tcg_reg_alloc_op(TCGContext *s, const TCGOp *op)
                       i_allocated_regs, 0);
             reg = tcg_reg_alloc(s, arg_ct->u.regs, i_allocated_regs,
                                 o_preferred_regs, ts->indirect_base);
-            tcg_out_mov(s, ts->type, reg, ts->reg);
+            if (!tcg_out_mov(s, ts->type, reg, ts->reg)) {
+                abort();
+            }
         }
         new_args[i] = reg;
         const_args[i] = 0;
@@ -3626,7 +3630,9 @@ static void tcg_reg_alloc_call(TCGContext *s, TCGOp *op)
             if (ts->val_type == TEMP_VAL_REG) {
                 if (ts->reg != reg) {
                     tcg_reg_free(s, reg, allocated_regs);
-                    tcg_out_mov(s, ts->type, reg, ts->reg);
+                    if (!tcg_out_mov(s, ts->type, reg, ts->reg)) {
+                        abort();
+                    }
                 }
             } else {
                 TCGRegSet arg_set = 0;
diff --git a/tcg/tci/tcg-target.inc.c b/tcg/tci/tcg-target.inc.c
index 0015a98485..992d50cb1e 100644
--- a/tcg/tci/tcg-target.inc.c
+++ b/tcg/tci/tcg-target.inc.c
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ static void tcg_out_ld(TCGContext *s, TCGType type, TCGReg ret, TCGReg arg1,
     old_code_ptr[1] = s->code_ptr - old_code_ptr;
 }
 
-static void tcg_out_mov(TCGContext *s, TCGType type, TCGReg ret, TCGReg arg)
+static bool tcg_out_mov(TCGContext *s, TCGType type, TCGReg ret, TCGReg arg)
 {
     uint8_t *old_code_ptr = s->code_ptr;
     tcg_debug_assert(ret != arg);
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ static void tcg_out_mov(TCGContext *s, TCGType type, TCGReg ret, TCGReg arg)
     tcg_out_r(s, ret);
     tcg_out_r(s, arg);
     old_code_ptr[1] = s->code_ptr - old_code_ptr;
+    return true;
 }
 
 static void tcg_out_movi(TCGContext *s, TCGType type,
