diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 303a4bca1ae..eab4c351b29 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-01-08  Tejas Belagod  <tejas.belagod@arm.com>
+
+	* gcc.target/aarch64/vect-mull-compile.c: Explicitly scan for 
+	instructions generated instead of number of occurances.
+
 2013-01-08  James Greenhalgh  <james.greenhalgh@arm.com>
 
 	* gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/vect-fcm-eq-d.c: New.
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/vect-mull-compile.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/vect-mull-compile.c
index e51eaee5429..e90c97ff326 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/vect-mull-compile.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/vect-mull-compile.c
@@ -10,7 +10,15 @@ DEF_MULL2 (DEF_MULLB)
 DEF_MULL2 (DEF_MULLH)
 DEF_MULL2 (DEF_MULLS)
 
-/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times "smull v" 3 } } */
-/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times "smull2 v" 3 } } */
-/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times "umull v" 3 } } */
-/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times "umull2 v" 3 } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "smull\\tv\[0-9\]+\.8h"} } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "smull\\tv\[0-9\]+\.4s"} } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "smull\\tv\[0-9\]+\.2d"} } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "umull\\tv\[0-9\]+\.8h"} } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "umull\\tv\[0-9\]+\.4s"} } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "umull\\tv\[0-9\]+\.2d"} } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "smull2\\tv\[0-9\]+\.8h"} } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "smull2\\tv\[0-9\]+\.4s"} } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "smull2\\tv\[0-9\]+\.2d"} } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "umull2\\tv\[0-9\]+\.8h"} } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "umull2\\tv\[0-9\]+\.4s"} } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "umull2\\tv\[0-9\]+\.2d"} } */