diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4af2fca73b..915e4aee30 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -740,9 +740,9 @@ as_o(){
 
 check_as(){
     log check_as "$@"
-    cat > $TMPC
-    log_file $TMPC
-    check_cmd $as $CPPFLAGS $ASFLAGS "$@" $AS_C $(as_o $TMPO) $TMPC
+    cat > $TMPS
+    log_file $TMPS
+    check_cmd $as $CPPFLAGS $ASFLAGS "$@" $AS_C $(as_o $TMPO) $TMPS
 }
 
 check_inline_asm(){
@@ -751,11 +751,17 @@ check_inline_asm(){
     code="$2"
     shift 2
     disable $name
-    check_as "$@" <<EOF && enable $name
+    check_cc "$@" <<EOF && enable $name
 void foo(void){ __asm__ volatile($code); }
 EOF
 }
 
+check_insn(){
+    log check_insn "$@"
+    check_inline_asm ${1}_inline "\"$2\""
+    echo "$2" | check_as && enable ${1}_external || disable ${1}_external
+}
+
 check_yasm(){
     log check_yasm "$@"
     echo "$1" > $TMPS
@@ -3611,8 +3617,13 @@ fi
 
 if enabled asm; then
     as=${gas:=$as}
-    check_inline_asm gnu_as '".macro m n\n\\n:.int 0\n.endm\nm x"' ||
+    check_as <<EOF && enable gnu_as || \
         $nogas "GNU assembler not found, install gas-preprocessor"
+.macro m n
+\n: .int 0
+.endm
+m x
+EOF
 fi
 
 check_ldflags -Wl,--as-needed