diff --git a/target/arm/mve_helper.c b/target/arm/mve_helper.c
index 846962bf4c..403b345ea3 100644
--- a/target/arm/mve_helper.c
+++ b/target/arm/mve_helper.c
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ static void mergemask_sb(int8_t *d, int8_t r, uint16_t mask)
 
 static void mergemask_uh(uint16_t *d, uint16_t r, uint16_t mask)
 {
-    uint16_t bmask = expand_pred_b_data[mask & 3];
+    uint16_t bmask = expand_pred_b(mask);
     *d = (*d & ~bmask) | (r & bmask);
 }
 
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ static void mergemask_sh(int16_t *d, int16_t r, uint16_t mask)
 
 static void mergemask_uw(uint32_t *d, uint32_t r, uint16_t mask)
 {
-    uint32_t bmask = expand_pred_b_data[mask & 0xf];
+    uint32_t bmask = expand_pred_b(mask);
     *d = (*d & ~bmask) | (r & bmask);
 }
 
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ static void mergemask_sw(int32_t *d, int32_t r, uint16_t mask)
 
 static void mergemask_uq(uint64_t *d, uint64_t r, uint16_t mask)
 {
-    uint64_t bmask = expand_pred_b_data[mask & 0xff];
+    uint64_t bmask = expand_pred_b(mask);
     *d = (*d & ~bmask) | (r & bmask);
 }