diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/GenericPacketMath.h b/Eigen/src/Core/GenericPacketMath.h
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index b0469fa1e..538ab53b2
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/GenericPacketMath.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/GenericPacketMath.h
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ ploaddup(const typename unpacket_traits<Packet>::type* from) { return *from; }
 template<typename Packet> EIGEN_DEVICE_FUNC inline Packet
 pset1(const typename unpacket_traits<Packet>::type& a) { return a; }
 
+/** \internal \returns a packet with constant coefficients \a a[0], e.g.: (a[0],a[0],a[0],a[0]) */
+template<typename Packet> EIGEN_DEVICE_FUNC inline Packet
+pload1(const typename unpacket_traits<Packet>::type  *a) { return pset1<Packet>(*a); }
+
 /** \internal \brief Returns a packet with coefficients (a,a+1,...,a+packet_size-1). */
 template<typename Scalar> inline typename packet_traits<Scalar>::type
 plset(const Scalar& a) { return a; }
diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/arch/SSE/PacketMath.h b/Eigen/src/Core/arch/SSE/PacketMath.h
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index ea14111e3..293fb83e4
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/arch/SSE/PacketMath.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/arch/SSE/PacketMath.h
@@ -110,24 +110,22 @@ template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4f pset1<Packet4f>(const float&  from) { re
 template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet2d pset1<Packet2d>(const double& from) { return _mm_set_pd(from,from); }
 template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4i pset1<Packet4i>(const int&    from) { return _mm_set_epi32(from,from,from,from); }
 #else
-
-// GCC generates a shufps instruction for set1_ps instead of the more efficient pshufd instruction.
-// However, with AVX, we want it to generate a vbroadcastss.
-// Moreover, we cannot use intrinsics here because then gcc generates crappy code in some cases (see bug 203)
-#if (defined __GNUC__) && (!defined __INTEL_COMPILER) && (!defined __clang__) && (!defined __AVX__)
-  template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4f pset1<Packet4f>(const float&  from) {
-    Packet4f res;
-    asm("pshufd $0, %[a], %[b]" : [b] "=x" (res) : [a] "x" (from));
-    return res;
-  }
-#else
-  template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4f pset1<Packet4f>(const float&  from) { return _mm_set_ps1(from); }
-#endif
-
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4f pset1<Packet4f>(const float&  from) { return _mm_set_ps1(from); }
 template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet2d pset1<Packet2d>(const double& from) { return _mm_set1_pd(from); }
 template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4i pset1<Packet4i>(const int&    from) { return _mm_set1_epi32(from); }
 #endif
 
+// GCC generates a shufps instruction for _mm_set1_ps/_mm_load1_ps instead of the more efficient pshufd instruction.
+// However, using inrinsics for pset1 makes gcc to generate crappy code in some cases (see bug 203)
+// Using inline assembly is also not an option because then gcc fails to reorder properly the instructions.
+// Therefore, we introduced the pload1 functions to be used in product kernels for which bug 203 does not apply.
+// Also note that with AVX, we want it to generate a vbroadcastss.
+#if (defined __GNUC__) && (!defined __INTEL_COMPILER) && (!defined __clang__) && (!defined __AVX__)
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4f pload1<Packet4f>(const float *from) {
+  return vec4f_swizzle1(_mm_load_ss(from),0,0,0,0);
+}
+#endif
+  
 template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4f plset<float>(const float& a) { return _mm_add_ps(pset1<Packet4f>(a), _mm_set_ps(3,2,1,0)); }
 template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet2d plset<double>(const double& a) { return _mm_add_pd(pset1<Packet2d>(a),_mm_set_pd(1,0)); }
 template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4i plset<int>(const int& a) { return _mm_add_epi32(pset1<Packet4i>(a),_mm_set_epi32(3,2,1,0)); }