diff --git a/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.softmmu-target b/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.softmmu-target
index 39d3f961c5..dd6d595830 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.softmmu-target
+++ b/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.softmmu-target
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ memory: CFLAGS+=-DCHECK_UNALIGNED=1
 memory-sve: memory.c $(LINK_SCRIPT) $(CRT_OBJS) $(MINILIB_OBJS)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $< -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 
-memory-sve: CFLAGS+=-DCHECK_UNALIGNED=1 -march=armv8.1-a+sve -O3 -fno-tree-loop-distribute-patterns
+memory-sve: CFLAGS+=-DCHECK_UNALIGNED=1 -march=armv8.1-a+sve -O3
 
 TESTS+=memory-sve