diff --git a/tests/checkasm/aarch64/checkasm.S b/tests/checkasm/aarch64/checkasm.S
index c22204fa34..65b352104e 100644
--- a/tests/checkasm/aarch64/checkasm.S
+++ b/tests/checkasm/aarch64/checkasm.S
@@ -93,22 +93,18 @@ function checkasm_checked_call, export=1
 
     sub         sp,  sp,  #ARG_STACK
 .equ pos, 0
-// the first stacked arg is copied to x7
 .rept MAX_ARGS-8
-    ldr         x9, [x29, #16 + 8 + pos]
+    // Skip the first 8 args, that are loaded into registers
+    ldr         x9, [x29, #16 + 8*8 + pos]
     str         x9, [sp, #pos]
 .equ pos, pos + 8
 .endr
 
     mov         x12, x0
-    mov         x0,  x1
-    mov         x1,  x2
-    mov         x2,  x3
-    mov         x3,  x4
-    mov         x4,  x5
-    mov         x5,  x6
-    mov         x6,  x7
-    ldr         x7,  [x29, #16]
+    ldp         x0,  x1,  [x29, #16]
+    ldp         x2,  x3,  [x29, #32]
+    ldp         x4,  x5,  [x29, #48]
+    ldp         x6,  x7,  [x29, #64]
     blr         x12
     add         sp,  sp,  #ARG_STACK
     stp         x0,  x1,  [sp, #-16]!
diff --git a/tests/checkasm/checkasm.h b/tests/checkasm/checkasm.h
index 2defc7f905..75aa457572 100644
--- a/tests/checkasm/checkasm.h
+++ b/tests/checkasm/checkasm.h
@@ -136,11 +136,12 @@ extern void (*checkasm_checked_call)(void *func, int dummy, ...);
 #elif ARCH_AARCH64 && !defined(__APPLE__)
 void checkasm_stack_clobber(uint64_t clobber, ...);
 void checkasm_checked_call(void *func, ...);
-#define declare_new(ret, ...) ret (*checked_call)(void *, __VA_ARGS__) = (void *)checkasm_checked_call;
+#define declare_new(ret, ...) ret (*checked_call)(void *, int, int, int, int, int, int, int, __VA_ARGS__)\
+                              = (void *)checkasm_checked_call;
 #define CLOB (UINT64_C(0xdeadbeefdeadbeef))
 #define call_new(...) (checkasm_stack_clobber(CLOB,CLOB,CLOB,CLOB,CLOB,CLOB,CLOB,CLOB,CLOB,CLOB,CLOB,CLOB,\
                                               CLOB,CLOB,CLOB,CLOB,CLOB,CLOB,CLOB,CLOB,CLOB,CLOB,CLOB),\
-                      checked_call(func_new, __VA_ARGS__))
+                      checked_call(func_new, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, __VA_ARGS__))
 #else
 #define declare_new(ret, ...)
 #define declare_new_emms(cpu_flags, ret, ...)