diff --git a/src/internal/bytealg/equal_arm64.s b/src/internal/bytealg/equal_arm64.s
index 01aa7b7b7aa..944edd87686 100644
--- a/src/internal/bytealg/equal_arm64.s
+++ b/src/internal/bytealg/equal_arm64.s
@@ -20,20 +20,15 @@ equal:
 	RET
 
 // memequal_varlen(a, b unsafe.Pointer) bool
-TEXT runtime·memequal_varlen(SB),NOSPLIT,$40-17
-	MOVD	a+0(FP), R3
-	MOVD	b+8(FP), R4
-	CMP	R3, R4
+TEXT runtime·memequal_varlen(SB),NOSPLIT,$0-17
+	MOVD	a+0(FP), R0
+	MOVD	b+8(FP), R2
+	CMP	R0, R2
 	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)
-	BL	runtime·memequal(SB)
-	MOVBU	32(RSP), R3
-	MOVB	R3, ret+16(FP)
-	RET
+	MOVD	8(R26), R1    // compiler stores size at offset 8 in the closure
+	CBZ	R1, eq
+	MOVD	$ret+16(FP), R8
+	B	memeqbody<>(SB)
 eq:
 	MOVD	$1, R3
 	MOVB	R3, ret+16(FP)