diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index d5b7c7b44..5b73e71ab 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-07-01  Will Newton  <will.newton@linaro.org>
+
+	* libc/machine/arm/memcpy-armv7a.S: Adjust entry to
+	 aligned loop to improve misaligned copy performance.
+
 2013-06-26  Jeff Johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
 
 	* libc/include/stdio.h: Specify std streams always in terms
diff --git a/newlib/libc/machine/arm/memcpy-armv7a.S b/newlib/libc/machine/arm/memcpy-armv7a.S
index de5bf9ad8..cd7962e07 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/machine/arm/memcpy-armv7a.S
+++ b/newlib/libc/machine/arm/memcpy-armv7a.S
@@ -242,8 +242,8 @@ def_fn memcpy p2align=6
 .Lcpy_not_short:
 	/* At least 64 bytes to copy, but don't know the alignment yet.  */
 	str	tmp2, [sp, #-FRAME_SIZE]!
-	and	tmp2, src, #3
-	and	tmp1, dst, #3
+	and	tmp2, src, #7
+	and	tmp1, dst, #7
 	cmp	tmp1, tmp2
 	bne	.Lcpy_notaligned