diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/jit/arm/beam_asm.hpp b/erts/emulator/beam/jit/arm/beam_asm.hpp
index f4dff0cb7b9e..91294e6d058f 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/jit/arm/beam_asm.hpp
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/jit/arm/beam_asm.hpp
@@ -1102,14 +1102,13 @@ class BeamModuleAssembler : public BeamAssembler,
 
             if (cached_reg.isValid()) {
                 /* This memory location is cached. */
-                if (cached_reg != dst) {
+                if (cached_reg == dst) {
+                    comment("skipped fetching of BEAM register");
+                } else {
                     comment("simplified fetching of BEAM register");
                     a.mov(dst, cached_reg);
                     preserve__cache(dst);
                     cache[slot].reg2 = dst;
-                } else {
-                    comment("skipped fetching of BEAM register");
-                    invalidate_cache(dst);
                 }
             } else {
                 int slot;