diff --git a/cranelift/codegen/src/isa/aarch64/inst/mod.rs b/cranelift/codegen/src/isa/aarch64/inst/mod.rs
index 1d91d08983ea..6e8e602de2d5 100644
--- a/cranelift/codegen/src/isa/aarch64/inst/mod.rs
+++ b/cranelift/codegen/src/isa/aarch64/inst/mod.rs
@@ -416,22 +416,30 @@ impl Inst {
                 size
             }]
         } else if let Some(imm) = widen_32_bit_pattern(pattern, lane_size) {
-            let tmp = alloc_tmp(types::I64X2);
-            let mut insts = smallvec![Inst::VecDupImm {
-                rd: tmp,
-                imm,
-                invert: false,
-                size: VectorSize::Size64x2,
-            }];
+            let mut insts = smallvec![];
 
             // TODO: Implement support for 64-bit scalar MOVI; we zero-extend the
             // lower 64 bits instead.
             if !size.is_128bits() {
+                let tmp = alloc_tmp(types::I64X2);
+                insts.push(Inst::VecDupImm {
+                    rd: tmp,
+                    imm,
+                    invert: false,
+                    size: VectorSize::Size64x2,
+                });
                 insts.push(Inst::FpuExtend {
                     rd,
                     rn: tmp.to_reg(),
                     size: ScalarSize::Size64,
                 });
+            } else {
+                insts.push(Inst::VecDupImm {
+                    rd,
+                    imm,
+                    invert: false,
+                    size: VectorSize::Size64x2,
+                });
             }
 
             insts
diff --git a/cranelift/filetests/filetests/isa/aarch64/issue-5985.clif b/cranelift/filetests/filetests/isa/aarch64/issue-5985.clif
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7c14c47743d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cranelift/filetests/filetests/isa/aarch64/issue-5985.clif
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+test compile precise-output
+target aarch64
+
+function %a() -> f32x4 system_v {
+block0:
+    v16 = f32const 0x1.fffe00p-126
+    v25 = splat.f32x4 v16
+    return v25
+}
+
+; VCode:
+; block0:
+;   movi v0.2d, #72056494543077120
+;   ret
+; 
+; Disassembled:
+; block0: ; offset 0x0
+;   movi v0.2d, #0xffff0000ffff00
+;   ret
+