diff --git a/Utilities/BEType.h b/Utilities/BEType.h
index 3913262171..e51be44648 100644
--- a/Utilities/BEType.h
+++ b/Utilities/BEType.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#pragma once
+#pragma once
 
 #include "types.h"
 #include "util/endian.hpp"
@@ -355,12 +355,12 @@ union alignas(16) v128
 
 	bool operator==(const v128& right) const
 	{
-		return _u64[0] == right._u64[0] && _u64[1] == right._u64[1];
+		return _mm_movemask_epi8(v128::eq32(*this, right).vi) == 0xffff;
 	}
 
 	bool operator!=(const v128& right) const
 	{
-		return _u64[0] != right._u64[0] || _u64[1] != right._u64[1];
+		return !operator==(right);
 	}
 
 	// result = (~left) & (right)
@@ -371,8 +371,7 @@ union alignas(16) v128
 
 	void clear()
 	{
-		_u64[0] = 0;
-		_u64[1] = 0;
+		*this = {};
 	}
 };
 
@@ -403,7 +402,7 @@ inline v128 operator^(const v128& left, const v128& right)
 
 inline v128 operator~(const v128& other)
 {
-	return v128::from64(~other._u64[0], ~other._u64[1]);
+	return other ^ v128::from32p(UINT32_MAX); // XOR with ones
 }
 
 using stx::se_t;
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/SPUThread.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/SPUThread.cpp
index 3dbcc8983a..b73059cfe8 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/SPUThread.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/SPUThread.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static FORCE_INLINE bool cmp_rdata(const decltype(spu_thread::rdata)& lhs, const
 	const v128 c = (lhs[4] ^ rhs[4]) | (lhs[5] ^ rhs[5]);
 	const v128 d = (lhs[6] ^ rhs[6]) | (lhs[7] ^ rhs[7]);
 	const v128 r = (a | b) | (c | d);
-	return !(r._u64[0] | r._u64[1]);
+	return r == v128{};
 }
 
 static FORCE_INLINE void mov_rdata_avx(__m256i* dst, const __m256i* src)