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diff --git a/lib/compiler/src/beam_asm.erl b/lib/compiler/src/beam_asm.erl
index 453e00fce3..fa919ca862 100644
--- a/lib/compiler/src/beam_asm.erl
+++ b/lib/compiler/src/beam_asm.erl
@@ -407,7 +407,17 @@ encode_arg({atom, Atom}, Dict0) when is_atom(Atom) ->
{Index, Dict} = beam_dict:atom(Atom, Dict0),
{encode(?tag_a, Index), Dict};
encode_arg({integer, N}, Dict) ->
- {encode(?tag_i, N), Dict};
+ %% Conservatily assume that all integers whose absolute
+ %% value is greater than 1 bsl 128 will be bignums in
+ %% the runtime system.
+ if
+ N >= 1 bsl 128 ->
+ encode_arg({literal, N}, Dict);
+ N =< -(1 bsl 128) ->
+ encode_arg({literal, N}, Dict);
+ true ->
+ {encode(?tag_i, N), Dict}
+ end;
encode_arg(nil, Dict) ->
{encode(?tag_a, 0), Dict};
encode_arg({f, W}, Dict) ->