diff --git a/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-ce-ccm-core.S b/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-ce-ccm-core.S
index 3363560c79b7..7bc459d9235c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-ce-ccm-core.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-ce-ccm-core.S
@@ -74,12 +74,13 @@ ENTRY(ce_aes_ccm_auth_data)
 	beq	10f
 	ext	v0.16b, v0.16b, v0.16b, #1	/* rotate out the mac bytes */
 	b	7b
-8:	mov	w7, w8
+8:	cbz	w8, 91f
+	mov	w7, w8
 	add	w8, w8, #16
 9:	ext	v1.16b, v1.16b, v1.16b, #1
 	adds	w7, w7, #1
 	bne	9b
-	eor	v0.16b, v0.16b, v1.16b
+91:	eor	v0.16b, v0.16b, v1.16b
 	st1	{v0.16b}, [x0]
 10:	str	w8, [x3]
 	ret