diff --git a/src/libsodium/crypto_core/ed25519/ref10/ed25519_ref10.c b/src/libsodium/crypto_core/ed25519/ref10/ed25519_ref10.c
index 77184027..501b9768 100644
--- a/src/libsodium/crypto_core/ed25519/ref10/ed25519_ref10.c
+++ b/src/libsodium/crypto_core/ed25519/ref10/ed25519_ref10.c
@@ -321,6 +321,8 @@ slide_vartime(signed char *r, const unsigned char *a)
     }
 }
 
+static volatile unsigned char optblocker_u8;
+
 int
 ge25519_frombytes(ge25519_p3 *h, const unsigned char *s)
 {
@@ -353,7 +355,7 @@ ge25519_frombytes(ge25519_p3 *h, const unsigned char *s)
     fe25519_cmov(h->X, x_sqrtm1, 1 - has_m_root);
 
     fe25519_neg(negx, h->X);
-    fe25519_cmov(h->X, negx, fe25519_isnegative(h->X) ^ (s[31] >> 7));
+    fe25519_cmov(h->X, negx, fe25519_isnegative(h->X) ^ (((s[31] >> 5) ^ optblocker_u8) >> 2));
     fe25519_mul(h->T, h->X, h->Y);
 
     return (has_m_root | has_p_root) - 1;