diff --git a/kernel/x86_64/saxpy.c b/kernel/x86_64/saxpy.c
index 0d2a2923c..b37e24d9b 100644
--- a/kernel/x86_64/saxpy.c
+++ b/kernel/x86_64/saxpy.c
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ int CNAME(BLASLONG n, BLASLONG dummy0, BLASLONG dummy1, FLOAT da, FLOAT *x, BLAS
 	{
 
 #if defined(SANDYBRIDGE)
-		int n1 = n & -64;
+		BLASLONG n1 = n & -64;
 #else
-		int n1 = n & -32;
+		BLASLONG n1 = n & -32;
 #endif
 
 		if ( n1 )
@@ -97,6 +97,29 @@ int CNAME(BLASLONG n, BLASLONG dummy0, BLASLONG dummy1, FLOAT da, FLOAT *x, BLAS
 
 	}
 
+	BLASLONG n1 = n & -4;
+
+	while(i < n1)
+	{
+
+                FLOAT m1      = da * x[ix] ;
+                FLOAT m2      = da * x[ix+inc_x] ;
+                FLOAT m3      = da * x[ix+2*inc_x] ;
+                FLOAT m4      = da * x[ix+3*inc_x] ;
+
+                y[iy]         += m1 ;
+                y[iy+inc_y]   += m2 ;
+                y[iy+2*inc_y] += m3 ;
+                y[iy+3*inc_y] += m4 ;
+
+                ix  += inc_x*4 ;
+                iy  += inc_y*4 ;
+                i+=4 ;
+
+
+	}
+
+
 	while(i < n)
 	{