diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f3e18cb56b..99b61809ea 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2019-09-06  Siddhesh Poyarekar  <siddhesh@sourceware.org>
+
+	* sysdeps/aarch64/strncmp.S (strncmp): Use lsr instead of
+	mov + lsr.
+
 2019-09-06  Siddhesh Poyarekar  <siddhesh@sourceware.org>
 
 	* sysdeps/aarch64/strncmp.S (strncmp): Use a separate shift
diff --git a/sysdeps/aarch64/strncmp.S b/sysdeps/aarch64/strncmp.S
index 1dc8b79a22..759c752fc2 100644
--- a/sysdeps/aarch64/strncmp.S
+++ b/sysdeps/aarch64/strncmp.S
@@ -208,15 +208,13 @@ L(done):
 	/* Align the SRC1 to a dword by doing a bytewise compare and then do
 	   the dword loop.  */
 L(try_misaligned_words):
-	mov	limit_wd, limit
-	lsr	limit_wd, limit_wd, #3
+	lsr	limit_wd, limit, #3
 	cbz	count, L(do_misaligned)
 
 	neg	count, count
 	and	count, count, #7
 	sub	limit, limit, count
-	mov	limit_wd, limit
-	lsr	limit_wd, limit_wd, #3
+	lsr	limit_wd, limit, #3
 
 L(page_end_loop):
 	ldrb	data1w, [src1], #1