diff --git a/CHANGELOG_UNRELEASED.md b/CHANGELOG_UNRELEASED.md
index d90a8985a4..84f327da8d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG_UNRELEASED.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_UNRELEASED.md
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
 - in `uniform_structure.v`:
   + lemma `unif_continuous_continuous`
 
+- in `unstable.v`:
+  + definitions `clamp`, `clamp_gele`
+  + lemmas `clamp_gemin`, `clamp_lemax`, `minmax_clamp`,
+    `clamp_id`, `clamp_min`, `clamp_max`
+
 ### Changed
 
 - in `esum.v`:
diff --git a/classical/unstable.v b/classical/unstable.v
index 7e3c2827f8..3b00d8cfc2 100644
--- a/classical/unstable.v
+++ b/classical/unstable.v
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ From mathcomp Require Import vector archimedean interval matrix.
 (* and mention it in the changelog.                                           *)
 (*                                                                            *)
 (* ```                                                                        *)
+(*                clamp x := max (min x max) min                              *)
 (*                 swap x := (x.2, x.1)                                       *)
 (*           map_pair f x := (f x.1, f x.2)                                   *)
 (*    nondecreasing_fun f == the function f is non-decreasing                 *)
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@ From mathcomp Require Import vector archimedean interval matrix.
 Attributes warn(note="The unstable.v file should only be used inside analysis.",
   cats="internal-analysis").
 
-Unset SsrOldRewriteGoalsOrder.  (* remove the line when requiring MathComp >= 2.6 *)
 Set Implicit Arguments.
 Unset Strict Implicit.
 Unset Printing Implicit Defensive.
@@ -55,6 +55,34 @@ Unset Printing Implicit Defensive.
 Import Order.TTheory GRing.Theory Num.Theory.
 Local Open Scope ring_scope.
 
+Section Clamp.
+Context {R : realDomainType} (min max : R).
+Hypothesis minmax : min <= max.
+
+Definition clamp (x : R) := Num.max (Num.min x max) min.
+
+Lemma clamp_gemin x : min <= clamp x.
+Proof. by rewrite le_max lexx orbT. Qed.
+
+Lemma clamp_lemax x : clamp x <= max.
+Proof. by rewrite ge_max ge_min lexx minmax orbT. Qed.
+
+Definition clamp_gele := (clamp_gemin, clamp_lemax).
+
+Lemma minmax_clamp x : min <= x <= max -> clamp x = x.
+Proof. by case/andP => minx xmax; rewrite /clamp min_l ?max_l. Qed.
+
+Lemma clamp_id x : clamp (clamp x) = clamp x.
+Proof. by rewrite minmax_clamp// !clamp_gele. Qed.
+
+Lemma clamp_min : clamp min = min.
+Proof. by rewrite minmax_clamp// lexx minmax. Qed.
+
+Lemma clamp_max : clamp max = max.
+Proof. by rewrite minmax_clamp// lexx minmax. Qed.
+
+End Clamp.
+
 Module Order.
 Import Order.
 Definition default_display : disp_t.