diff --git a/api/samples/instrace_simple.c b/api/samples/instrace_simple.c
index 866aa68aff6..b81f84ef635 100644
--- a/api/samples/instrace_simple.c
+++ b/api/samples/instrace_simple.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ event_app_instruction(void *drcontext, void *tag, instrlist_t *bb,
          * It is ok to skip a few clean calls on predicated instructions,
          * since the buffer will be dumped later by other clean calls.
          */
-        IF_X86_ELSE(true, !instr_is_predicated(instr))
+        IF_ARM_ELSE(!instr_is_predicated(instr), true)
         /* XXX i#1698: there are constraints for code between ldrex/strex pairs,
          * so we minimize the instrumentation in between by skipping the clean call.
          * We're relying a bit on the typical code sequence with either ldrex..strex
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ event_app_instruction(void *drcontext, void *tag, instrlist_t *bb,
          * Using a fault to handle a full buffer should be more robust, and the
          * forthcoming buffer filling API (i#513) will provide that.
          */
-        IF_ARM(&& !instr_is_exclusive_store(instr)))
+        IF_AARCHXX(&& !instr_is_exclusive_store(instr)))
         dr_insert_clean_call(drcontext, bb, instr, (void *)clean_call, false, 0);
 
     return DR_EMIT_DEFAULT;
diff --git a/api/samples/memtrace_simple.c b/api/samples/memtrace_simple.c
index 6c53aef9f21..f62c0f317d6 100644
--- a/api/samples/memtrace_simple.c
+++ b/api/samples/memtrace_simple.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ event_app_instruction(void *drcontext, void *tag, instrlist_t *bb,
          * It is ok to skip a few clean calls on predicated instructions,
          * since the buffer will be dumped later by other clean calls.
          */
-        IF_X86_ELSE(true, !instr_is_predicated(instr))
+        IF_ARM_ELSE(!instr_is_predicated(instr), true)
         /* XXX i#1698: there are constraints for code between ldrex/strex pairs,
          * so we minimize the instrumentation in between by skipping the clean call.
          * As we're only inserting instrumentation on a memory reference, and the
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ event_app_instruction(void *drcontext, void *tag, instrlist_t *bb,
          * Using a fault to handle a full buffer should be more robust, and the
          * forthcoming buffer filling API (i#513) will provide that.
          */
-        IF_ARM(&& !instr_is_exclusive_store(instr)))
+        IF_AARCHXX(&& !instr_is_exclusive_store(instr)))
         dr_insert_clean_call(drcontext, bb, instr, (void *)clean_call, false, 0);
 
     return DR_EMIT_DEFAULT;