diff --git a/gcc/config/arm/arm.c b/gcc/config/arm/arm.c
index 6641e3fb4dc..0371d9818fd 100644
--- a/gcc/config/arm/arm.c
+++ b/gcc/config/arm/arm.c
@@ -25269,7 +25269,7 @@ arm_hard_regno_mode_ok (unsigned int regno, machine_mode mode)
     return false;
 
   if (IS_VPR_REGNUM (regno))
-    return true;
+    return mode == HImode;
 
   if (TARGET_THUMB1)
     /* For the Thumb we only allow values bigger than SImode in