diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/GenericPacketMath.h b/Eigen/src/Core/GenericPacketMath.h
index 8bc8fb535..4ba322a32 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/GenericPacketMath.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/GenericPacketMath.h
@@ -270,6 +270,14 @@ Packet psqrt(const Packet& a) { return sqrt(a); }
 * The following functions might not have to be overwritten for vectorized types
 ***************************************************************************/
 
+/** \internal copy a packet with constant coeficient \a a (e.g., [a,a,a,a]) to \a *to. \a to must be 16 bytes aligned */
+// NOTE: this function must really be templated on the packet type (think about different packet types for the same scalar type)
+template<typename Packet>
+inline void pstore1(typename unpacket_traits<Packet>::type* to, const typename unpacket_traits<Packet>::type& a)
+{
+  pstore(to, pset1<Packet>(a));
+}
+
 /** \internal \returns a * b + c (coeff-wise) */
 template<typename Packet> inline Packet
 pmadd(const Packet&  a,
diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/arch/SSE/PacketMath.h b/Eigen/src/Core/arch/SSE/PacketMath.h
index 43ad28d42..908e27368 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/arch/SSE/PacketMath.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/arch/SSE/PacketMath.h
@@ -305,6 +305,19 @@ template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void pstoreu<double>(double* to, const Packet2d&
 template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void pstoreu<float>(float*  to, const Packet4f& from) { EIGEN_DEBUG_UNALIGNED_STORE pstoreu((double*)to, _mm_castps_pd(from)); }
 template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void pstoreu<int>(int*      to, const Packet4i& from) { EIGEN_DEBUG_UNALIGNED_STORE pstoreu((double*)to, _mm_castsi128_pd(from)); }
 
+// some compilers might be tempted to perform multiple moves instead of using a vector path.
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void pstore1<Packet4f>(float* to, const float& a)
+{
+  Packet4f pa = _mm_set_ss(a);
+  pstore(to, vec4f_swizzle1(pa,0,0,0,0));
+}
+// some compilers might be tempted to perform multiple moves instead of using a vector path.
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void pstore1<Packet2d>(double* to, const double& a)
+{
+  Packet2d pa = _mm_set_sd(a);
+  pstore(to, vec2d_swizzle1(pa,0,0));
+}
+
 template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void prefetch<float>(const float*   addr) { _mm_prefetch((const char*)(addr), _MM_HINT_T0); }
 template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void prefetch<double>(const double* addr) { _mm_prefetch((const char*)(addr), _MM_HINT_T0); }
 template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void prefetch<int>(const int*       addr) { _mm_prefetch((const char*)(addr), _MM_HINT_T0); }
diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/products/GeneralBlockPanelKernel.h b/Eigen/src/Core/products/GeneralBlockPanelKernel.h
index 25ca39d76..2116dcc74 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/products/GeneralBlockPanelKernel.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/products/GeneralBlockPanelKernel.h
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ public:
   EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void unpackRhs(DenseIndex n, const RhsScalar* rhs, RhsScalar* b)
   {
     for(DenseIndex k=0; k<n; k++)
-      pstore(&b[k*RhsPacketSize], pset1<RhsPacket>(rhs[k]));
+      pstore1<RhsPacket>(&b[k*RhsPacketSize], rhs[k]);
   }
 
   EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void loadRhs(const RhsScalar* b, RhsPacket& dest) const
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ public:
   EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void unpackRhs(DenseIndex n, const RhsScalar* rhs, RhsScalar* b)
   {
     for(DenseIndex k=0; k<n; k++)
-      pstore(&b[k*RhsPacketSize], pset1<RhsPacket>(rhs[k]));
+      pstore1<RhsPacket>(&b[k*RhsPacketSize], rhs[k]);
   }
 
   EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void loadRhs(const RhsScalar* b, RhsPacket& dest) const
@@ -363,8 +363,8 @@ public:
     {
       if(Vectorizable)
       {
-        pstore((RealScalar*)&b[k*ResPacketSize*2+0], pset1<RealPacket>(real(rhs[k])));
-        pstore((RealScalar*)&b[k*ResPacketSize*2+ResPacketSize], pset1<RealPacket>(imag(rhs[k])));
+        pstore1<RealPacket>((RealScalar*)&b[k*ResPacketSize*2+0],             real(rhs[k]));
+        pstore1<RealPacket>((RealScalar*)&b[k*ResPacketSize*2+ResPacketSize], imag(rhs[k]));
       }
       else
         b[k] = rhs[k];
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ public:
   EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void unpackRhs(DenseIndex n, const RhsScalar* rhs, RhsScalar* b)
   {
     for(DenseIndex k=0; k<n; k++)
-      pstore(&b[k*RhsPacketSize], pset1<RhsPacket>(rhs[k]));
+      pstore1<RhsPacket>(&b[k*RhsPacketSize], rhs[k]);
   }
 
   EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void loadRhs(const RhsScalar* b, RhsPacket& dest) const
@@ -1009,12 +1009,7 @@ EIGEN_ASM_COMMENT("mybegin4");
     for(Index j2=packet_cols; j2<cols; j2++)
     {
       // unpack B
-      {
-        traits.unpackRhs(depth, &blockB[j2*strideB+offsetB], unpackedB);
-//         const RhsScalar* blB = &blockB[j2*strideB+offsetB];
-//         for(Index k=0; k<depth; k++)
-//           pstore(&unpackedB[k*RhsPacketSize], pset1<RhsPacket>(blB[k]));
-      }
+      traits.unpackRhs(depth, &blockB[j2*strideB+offsetB], unpackedB);
 
       for(Index i=0; i<peeled_mc; i+=mr)
       {