diff --git a/src/codegen_new/codegen_backend_x86-64_ops.c b/src/codegen_new/codegen_backend_x86-64_ops.c
index fc6c1b492..b03ea88c3 100644
--- a/src/codegen_new/codegen_backend_x86-64_ops.c
+++ b/src/codegen_new/codegen_backend_x86-64_ops.c
@@ -780,8 +780,19 @@ host_x86_MOV32_REG_ABS(codeblock_t *block, int dst_reg, void *p)
         codegen_alloc_bytes(block, 8);
         codegen_addbyte4(block, 0x41, 0x8b, 0x84 | ((dst_reg & 7) << 3), 0x24); /*MOV dst_reg, ram_offset[R12]*/
         codegen_addlong(block, ram_offset);
+    } else if ((ram_offset < -2147483648LL) || (ram_offset > 2147483647LL) || !(block->flags & CODEBLOCK_NO_IMMEDIATES)) {
+        // fatal("host_x86_MOV32_REG_ABS - out of range\n");
+        // void     *q = p;
+        //uint32_t *r = NULL;
+        // *r  = 5; /* Crash deliberately. */
+        codegen_alloc_bytes(block, 18);
+        codegen_addbyte2(block, 0x41, 0x54);   /*PUSH r12*/
+        codegen_addbyte2(block, 0x49, 0xbc);   /*MOV r12,(uintptr_t) p*/
+        codegen_addquad(block, (uintptr_t) p);
+        codegen_addbyte4(block, 0x41, 0x8b, 0x04 | ((dst_reg & 7) << 3), 0x24); /*MOV dst_reg, [R12]*/
+        codegen_addbyte2(block, 0x41, 0x5c);   /*POP r12*/
     } else {
-        fatal("host_x86_MOV32_REG_ABS - out of range\n");
+        fatal("host_x86_MOV32_REG_ABS - RAM offset = %016" PRIX64 " (p - ram = %016" PRIX64 ")\n", ram_offset, (uintptr_t) p - (uintptr_t) ram);
         codegen_alloc_bytes(block, 6);
         codegen_addbyte(block, 0x8b); /*MOV [p], src_reg*/
         codegen_addbyte(block, 0x05 | ((dst_reg & 7) << 3));