diff --git a/payloads/libpayload/arch/x86/exec.S b/payloads/libpayload/arch/x86/exec.S
index b632a558c6..c7595e979c 100644
--- a/payloads/libpayload/arch/x86/exec.S
+++ b/payloads/libpayload/arch/x86/exec.S
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ i386_do_exec:
 	 * and argv are sane
 	 */
 
-	movl  $12345678, %ecx
+	movl  $0x12345678, %ecx
 	pushl %ecx
 
 	/* Jump to the code */