diff --git a/target/arm/translate-a64.c b/target/arm/translate-a64.c
index 6c88772eb3..537eebbf1d 100644
--- a/target/arm/translate-a64.c
+++ b/target/arm/translate-a64.c
@@ -4419,7 +4419,6 @@ static void disas_movw_imm(DisasContext *s, uint32_t insn)
     int opc = extract32(insn, 29, 2);
     int pos = extract32(insn, 21, 2) << 4;
     TCGv_i64 tcg_rd = cpu_reg(s, rd);
-    TCGv_i64 tcg_imm;
 
     if (!sf && (pos >= 32)) {
         unallocated_encoding(s);
@@ -4439,9 +4438,7 @@ static void disas_movw_imm(DisasContext *s, uint32_t insn)
         tcg_gen_movi_i64(tcg_rd, imm);
         break;
     case 3: /* MOVK */
-        tcg_imm = tcg_const_i64(imm);
-        tcg_gen_deposit_i64(tcg_rd, tcg_rd, tcg_imm, pos, 16);
-        tcg_temp_free_i64(tcg_imm);
+        tcg_gen_deposit_i64(tcg_rd, tcg_rd, tcg_constant_i64(imm), pos, 16);
         if (!sf) {
             tcg_gen_ext32u_i64(tcg_rd, tcg_rd);
         }