diff --git a/lib/cpus/aarch64/wa_cve_2022_23960_bhb.S b/lib/cpus/aarch64/wa_cve_2022_23960_bhb.S
index e0e41cc..ceb93f1 100644
--- a/lib/cpus/aarch64/wa_cve_2022_23960_bhb.S
+++ b/lib/cpus/aarch64/wa_cve_2022_23960_bhb.S
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 #if WORKAROUND_CVE_2022_23960
 	/*
 	 * This macro applies the mitigation for CVE-2022-23960.
-         * The macro saves x2-x3 to the CPU context.
+         * The macro saves x2 to the CPU context.
          * SP should point to the CPU context.
 	 */
 	.macro	apply_cve_2022_23960_bhb_wa _bhb_loop_count
-	stp	x2, x3, [sp, #CTX_GPREGS_OFFSET + CTX_GPREG_X2]
+	str	x2, [sp, #CTX_GPREGS_OFFSET + CTX_GPREG_X2]
 
 	/* CVE-BHB-NUM loop count */
 	mov	x2, \_bhb_loop_count
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
 2:
 	subs	x2, x2, #1
 	bne	1b
-	dsb	sy
-	isb
-	ldp	x2, x3, [sp, #CTX_GPREGS_OFFSET + CTX_GPREG_X2]
+	speculation_barrier
+	ldr	x2, [sp, #CTX_GPREGS_OFFSET + CTX_GPREG_X2]
 	.endm
 #endif /* WORKAROUND_CVE_2022_23960 */