diff --git a/src/internal/bytealg/equal_arm64.s b/src/internal/bytealg/equal_arm64.s
index 30abd980c5..dd4840dae1 100644
--- a/src/internal/bytealg/equal_arm64.s
+++ b/src/internal/bytealg/equal_arm64.s
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ TEXT runtime·memequal_varlen(SB),NOSPLIT,$40-17
 	CMP	R3, R4
 	BEQ	eq
 	MOVD	8(R26), R5    // compiler stores size at offset 8 in the closure
+	CBZ	R5, eq
 	MOVD	R3, 8(RSP)
 	MOVD	R4, 16(RSP)
 	MOVD	R5, 24(RSP)
@@ -119,30 +120,41 @@ chunk16:
 	CBZ	R3, tail
 	ADD	R3, R0, R6	// end of chunks
 chunk16_loop:
-	VLD1.P	(R0), [V0.D2]
-	VLD1.P	(R2), [V1.D2]
-	VCMEQ	V0.D2, V1.D2, V2.D2
+	LDP.P	16(R0), (R4, R5)
+	LDP.P	16(R2), (R7, R9)
+	EOR	R4, R7
+	CBNZ	R7, not_equal
+	EOR	R5, R9
+	CBNZ	R9, not_equal
 	CMP	R0, R6
-	VMOV	V2.D[0], R4
-	VMOV	V2.D[1], R5
-	CBZ	R4, not_equal
-	CBZ	R5, not_equal
 	BNE	chunk16_loop
 	AND	$0xf, R1, R1
 	CBZ	R1, equal
 tail:
 	// special compare of tail with length < 16
 	TBZ	$3, R1, lt_8
-	MOVD.P	8(R0), R4
-	MOVD.P	8(R2), R5
-	CMP	R4, R5
-	BNE	not_equal
+	MOVD	(R0), R4
+	MOVD	(R2), R5
+	EOR	R4, R5
+	CBNZ	R5, not_equal
+	SUB	$8, R1, R6	// offset of the last 8 bytes
+	MOVD	(R0)(R6), R4
+	MOVD	(R2)(R6), R5
+	EOR	R4, R5
+	CBNZ	R5, not_equal
+	B	equal
 lt_8:
 	TBZ	$2, R1, lt_4
-	MOVWU.P	4(R0), R4
-	MOVWU.P	4(R2), R5
-	CMP	R4, R5
-	BNE	not_equal
+	MOVWU	(R0), R4
+	MOVWU	(R2), R5
+	EOR	R4, R5
+	CBNZ	R5, not_equal
+	SUB	$4, R1, R6	// offset of the last 4 bytes
+	MOVWU	(R0)(R6), R4
+	MOVWU	(R2)(R6), R5
+	EOR	R4, R5
+	CBNZ	R5, not_equal
+	B	equal
 lt_4:
 	TBZ	$1, R1, lt_2
 	MOVHU.P	2(R0), R4
@@ -150,7 +162,7 @@ lt_4:
 	CMP	R4, R5
 	BNE	not_equal
 lt_2:
-	TBZ     $0, R1, equal
+	TBZ	$0, R1, equal
 one:
 	MOVBU	(R0), R4
 	MOVBU	(R2), R5