diff --git a/src/cmd/asm/internal/asm/testdata/arm64enc.s b/src/cmd/asm/internal/asm/testdata/arm64enc.s
index a483c73..56cf51c 100644
--- a/src/cmd/asm/internal/asm/testdata/arm64enc.s
+++ b/src/cmd/asm/internal/asm/testdata/arm64enc.s
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@
    UXTBW R2, R6                               // 461c0053
    UXTHW R7, R20                              // f43c0053
    VCNT V0.B8, V0.B8                          // 0058200e
+   VCNT V0.B16, V0.B16                        // 0058204e
    WFE                                        // 5f2003d5
    WFI                                        // 7f2003d5
    YIELD                                      // 3f2003d5
diff --git a/src/cmd/internal/obj/arm64/asm7.go b/src/cmd/internal/obj/arm64/asm7.go
index 7f5cba6..df17729 100644
--- a/src/cmd/internal/obj/arm64/asm7.go
+++ b/src/cmd/internal/obj/arm64/asm7.go
@@ -460,7 +460,6 @@
 	{AFCVTZSD, C_FREG, C_NONE, C_NONE, C_REG, 29, 4, 0, 0, 0},
 	{ASCVTFD, C_REG, C_NONE, C_NONE, C_FREG, 29, 4, 0, 0, 0},
 	{AFCVTSD, C_FREG, C_NONE, C_NONE, C_FREG, 29, 4, 0, 0, 0},
-	{AVCNT, C_ARNG, C_NONE, C_NONE, C_ARNG, 29, 4, 0, 0, 0},
 	{AVMOV, C_ELEM, C_NONE, C_NONE, C_REG, 73, 4, 0, 0, 0},
 	{AVMOV, C_ELEM, C_NONE, C_NONE, C_ELEM, 92, 4, 0, 0, 0},
 	{AVMOV, C_ELEM, C_NONE, C_NONE, C_VREG, 80, 4, 0, 0, 0},
@@ -2773,6 +2772,7 @@
 			oprangeset(AVSRI, t)
 
 		case AVREV32:
+			oprangeset(AVCNT, t)
 			oprangeset(AVRBIT, t)
 			oprangeset(AVREV64, t)
 			oprangeset(AVREV16, t)
@@ -4523,7 +4523,7 @@
 			c.ctxt.Diag("invalid arrangement: %v\n", p)
 		}
 
-		if (p.As == AVMOV || p.As == AVRBIT) && (af != ARNG_16B && af != ARNG_8B) {
+		if (p.As == AVMOV || p.As == AVRBIT || p.As == AVCNT) && (af != ARNG_16B && af != ARNG_8B) {
 			c.ctxt.Diag("invalid arrangement: %v", p)
 		}