diff --git a/source/row_win.cc b/source/row_win.cc
index c5a14f86f..ba5e53185 100644
--- a/source/row_win.cc
+++ b/source/row_win.cc
@@ -3461,17 +3461,14 @@ __declspec(naked) void MergeUVRow_AVX2(const uint8_t* src_u,
     sub        edx, eax
 
   convertloop:
-    vmovdqu    ymm0, [eax]  // read 32 U's
-    vmovdqu    ymm1, [eax + edx]  // and 32 V's
-    lea        eax,  [eax + 32]
-    vpunpcklbw ymm2, ymm0, ymm1  // low 16 UV pairs. mutated qqword 0,2
-    vpunpckhbw ymm0, ymm0, ymm1  // high 16 UV pairs. mutated qqword 1,3
-    vextractf128 [edi], ymm2, 0  // bytes 0..15
-    vextractf128 [edi + 16], ymm0, 0  // bytes 16..31
-    vextractf128 [edi + 32], ymm2, 1  // bytes 32..47
-    vextractf128 [edi + 48], ymm0, 1  // bytes 47..63
-    lea        edi, [edi + 64]
-    sub        ecx, 32
+    vpmovzxbw  ymm0, [eax]
+    vpmovzxbw  ymm1, [eax + edx]
+    lea        eax,  [eax + 16]
+    vpsllw     ymm1, ymm1, 8
+    vpor       ymm2, ymm1, ymm0
+    vmovdqu    [edi], ymm2
+    lea        edi, [edi + 32]
+    sub        ecx, 16
     jg         convertloop
 
     pop        edi