diff --git a/target/arm/sve_helper.c b/target/arm/sve_helper.c
index 521fc9b969..27838fb6e2 100644
--- a/target/arm/sve_helper.c
+++ b/target/arm/sve_helper.c
@@ -6726,6 +6726,7 @@ void sve_ldff1_z(CPUARMState *env, void *vd, uint64_t *vg, void *vm,
     intptr_t reg_off;
     SVEHostPage info;
     target_ulong addr, in_page;
+    ARMVectorReg scratch;
 
     /* Skip to the first true predicate.  */
     reg_off = find_next_active(vg, 0, reg_max, esz);
@@ -6735,6 +6736,11 @@ void sve_ldff1_z(CPUARMState *env, void *vd, uint64_t *vg, void *vm,
         return;
     }
 
+    /* Protect against overlap between vd and vm. */
+    if (unlikely(vd == vm)) {
+        vm = memcpy(&scratch, vm, reg_max);
+    }
+
     /*
      * Probe the first element, allowing faults.
      */