diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_render.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_render.c
index 0878ff1b6c..dcff3d304c 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_render.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_render.c
@@ -265,13 +265,13 @@ evas_render_updates_internal(Evas *e, unsigned char make_updates, unsigned char
 	Evas_Object *obj;
 
 	obj = (Evas_Object *)(ll->data);
-	if (evas_object_is_opaque(obj) &&
-	    evas_object_is_visible(obj) &&
-	    (!obj->clip.clipees) &&
-	    (obj->cur.visible) &&
-	    (!obj->delete_me) &&
-	    (obj->cur.cache.clip.visible) &&
-	    (!obj->smart.smart))
+	if (UNLIKELY(evas_object_is_opaque(obj) &&
+                     evas_object_is_visible(obj) &&
+                     (!obj->clip.clipees) &&
+                     (obj->cur.visible) &&
+                     (!obj->delete_me) &&
+                     (obj->cur.cache.clip.visible) &&
+                     (!obj->smart.smart)))
 	  obscuring_objects = evas_list_append(obscuring_objects, obj);
      }
    /* save this list */
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/include/evas_common.h b/legacy/evas/src/lib/include/evas_common.h
index 3e36c254ca..330289fc6e 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/include/evas_common.h
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/include/evas_common.h
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@
 // BROKEN in gcc 4 on amd64
 //#  pragma GCC visibility push(hidden)
 # endif
+#define LIKELY(x)   __builtin_expect(!!(x), 1)
+#define UNLIKELY(x) __builtin_expect(!!(x), 0)
+#else
+#define LIKELY(x)   (x)
+#define UNLIKELY(x) (x)
 #endif
 
 /*****************************************************************************/