diff --git a/src/codegen/codegen_ops_mov.h b/src/codegen/codegen_ops_mov.h
index 039489035..6a5054b81 100644
--- a/src/codegen/codegen_ops_mov.h
+++ b/src/codegen/codegen_ops_mov.h
@@ -152,7 +152,13 @@ ropMOV_b_imm(UNUSED(uint8_t opcode), uint32_t fetchdat, uint32_t op_32, uint32_t
 {
     if ((fetchdat & 0xc0) == 0xc0) {
         STORE_IMM_REG_B(fetchdat & 7, (fetchdat >> 8) & 0xff);
-    } else {
+    }
+/* TODO: Fix the recompilation of that specific case so it no longer breaks NT 3.x NTVDM. */
+#ifndef RECOMPILE_MOVB_IMM_MEM_ALWAYS
+    else if (((fetchdat & 0xfc) == 0x80) && (op_32 & 0x200))
+        return 0;
+#endif
+    else {
         x86seg  *target_seg = FETCH_EA(op_ea_seg, fetchdat, op_ssegs, &op_pc, op_32);
         uint32_t imm        = fastreadb(cs + op_pc + 1);
         int      host_reg   = LOAD_REG_IMM(imm);
diff --git a/src/codegen_new/codegen_ops_mov.c b/src/codegen_new/codegen_ops_mov.c
index 031d2ea05..f79a959a7 100644
--- a/src/codegen_new/codegen_ops_mov.c
+++ b/src/codegen_new/codegen_ops_mov.c
@@ -296,7 +296,13 @@ ropMOV_b_imm(codeblock_t *block, ir_data_t *ir, UNUSED(uint8_t opcode), uint32_t
 
         imm = fastreadb(cs + op_pc + 1);
         uop_MOV_IMM(ir, IREG_8(dest_reg), imm);
-    } else {
+    }
+/* TODO: Fix the recompilation of that specific case so it no longer breaks NT 3.x NTVDM. */
+#ifndef RECOMPILE_MOVB_IMM_MEM_ALWAYS
+    else if (((fetchdat & 0xfc) == 0x80) && (op_32 & 0x200))
+        return 0;
+#endif
+    else {
         uop_MOV_IMM(ir, IREG_oldpc, cpu_state.oldpc);
         target_seg = codegen_generate_ea(ir, op_ea_seg, fetchdat, op_ssegs, &op_pc, op_32, 0);
         codegen_check_seg_write(block, ir, target_seg);