diff --git a/kernel/x86_64/KERNEL.HASWELL b/kernel/x86_64/KERNEL.HASWELL
index 422e6c315..4cd67a705 100644
--- a/kernel/x86_64/KERNEL.HASWELL
+++ b/kernel/x86_64/KERNEL.HASWELL
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ SGEMMOTCOPYOBJ =  sgemm_otcopy$(TSUFFIX).$(SUFFIX)
 
 DTRMMKERNEL    =  dtrmm_kernel_4x8_haswell.c
 DGEMMKERNEL    =  dgemm_kernel_4x8_haswell.S
+DGEMM_BETA     =  dgemm_beta_skylakex.c
 DGEMMINCOPY    =  ../generic/gemm_ncopy_4.c
 DGEMMITCOPY    =  ../generic/gemm_tcopy_4.c
 DGEMMONCOPY    =  ../generic/gemm_ncopy_8.c
diff --git a/kernel/x86_64/dgemm_beta_skylakex.c b/kernel/x86_64/dgemm_beta_skylakex.c
index 6a824c9b5..8c24725a1 100644
--- a/kernel/x86_64/dgemm_beta_skylakex.c
+++ b/kernel/x86_64/dgemm_beta_skylakex.c
@@ -61,17 +61,17 @@ int CNAME(BLASLONG m, BLASLONG n, BLASLONG dummy1, FLOAT beta,
   c_offset = c;
 
   if (beta == ZERO){
-    __m512d z_zero;
 
-    z_zero = _mm512_setzero_pd();
     j = n;
     do {
       c_offset1 = c_offset;
       c_offset += ldc;
 
       i = m;
-
+#ifdef __AVX2__
+#ifdef __AVX512CD__
       while (i >= 32) {
+	  __m512d z_zero = _mm512_setzero_pd();
 	  _mm512_storeu_pd(c_offset1, z_zero);
 	  _mm512_storeu_pd(c_offset1 + 8, z_zero);
 	  _mm512_storeu_pd(c_offset1 + 16, z_zero);
@@ -79,12 +79,20 @@ int CNAME(BLASLONG m, BLASLONG n, BLASLONG dummy1, FLOAT beta,
 	  c_offset1 += 32;
 	  i -= 32;
       }
+#endif
       while (i >= 8) {
+#ifdef __AVX512CD__
+	  __m512d z_zero = _mm512_setzero_pd();
 	  _mm512_storeu_pd(c_offset1, z_zero);
+#else
+	 __m256d y_zero = _mm256_setzero_pd();
+	 _mm256_storeu_pd(c_offset1, y_zero);
+	 _mm256_storeu_pd(c_offset1 + 4, y_zero);
+#endif
 	  c_offset1 += 8;
 	  i -= 8;
       }
-
+#endif
       while (i > 0) {
 	  *c_offset1 = ZERO;
 	  c_offset1 ++;