diff --git a/ext/opcache/jit/ir/ir_aarch64.dasc b/ext/opcache/jit/ir/ir_aarch64.dasc
index fc4bb84f1e05..92d16ca07888 100644
--- a/ext/opcache/jit/ir/ir_aarch64.dasc
+++ b/ext/opcache/jit/ir/ir_aarch64.dasc
@@ -3469,8 +3469,7 @@ static void ir_emit_if_int(ir_ctx *ctx, uint32_t b, ir_ref def, ir_insn *insn, u
 		op2_reg = IR_REG_NUM(op2_reg);
 		ir_emit_load(ctx, type, op2_reg, insn->op2);
 	}
-	|	ASM_REG_IMM_OP cmp, type, op2_reg, 0
-	ir_emit_jcc(ctx, b, def, insn, next_block, IR_NE, 1);
+	ir_emit_jz(ctx, b, next_block, IR_NE, type, op2_reg);
 }
 
 static void ir_emit_cond(ir_ctx *ctx, ir_ref def, ir_insn *insn)