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Asked: 2026-06-18T14:31:22+00:00

I have a piece of code which uses JNZ. When I assemble and link

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I have a piece of code which uses JNZ. When I assemble and link the binary, I see my JNZ is replaces with a JNE. I understand that both of them fundamentally are the same. But then why does NASM change it?

Also, is there any config option available to stop this change from happening while assembling?

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    I understand that both of them fundamentally are the same

    JNE and JNZ have the same opcodes (0x75 for short jumps and 0x0f 0x85 for near jumps), so the assembler will create the same machine code for both of them.

    When disassembling, the disassembler does not known anymore which one was used in the source and it has to take one of them.

    Also, is there any config option available to stop this change from happening while assembling?

    No, because it is not a real “replacement” – JNE and JNZ are simply different mnemonics for the same opcodes.

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