diff --git a/target/arm/mve_helper.c b/target/arm/mve_helper.c
index bc89ce94d5..be8b954531 100644
--- a/target/arm/mve_helper.c
+++ b/target/arm/mve_helper.c
@@ -146,12 +146,13 @@ static void mve_advance_vpt(CPUARMState *env)
     env->v7m.vpr = vpr;
 }
 
-
+/* For loads, predicated lanes are zeroed instead of keeping their old values */
 #define DO_VLDR(OP, MSIZE, LDTYPE, ESIZE, TYPE)                         \
     void HELPER(mve_##OP)(CPUARMState *env, void *vd, uint32_t addr)    \
     {                                                                   \
         TYPE *d = vd;                                                   \
         uint16_t mask = mve_element_mask(env);                          \
+        uint16_t eci_mask = mve_eci_mask(env);                          \
         unsigned b, e;                                                  \
         /*                                                              \
          * R_SXTM allows the dest reg to become UNKNOWN for abandoned   \
@@ -159,8 +160,9 @@ static void mve_advance_vpt(CPUARMState *env)
          * then take an exception.                                      \
          */                                                             \
         for (b = 0, e = 0; b < 16; b += ESIZE, e++) {                   \
-            if (mask & (1 << b)) {                                      \
-                d[H##ESIZE(e)] = cpu_##LDTYPE##_data_ra(env, addr, GETPC()); \
+            if (eci_mask & (1 << b)) {                                  \
+                d[H##ESIZE(e)] = (mask & (1 << b)) ?                    \
+                    cpu_##LDTYPE##_data_ra(env, addr, GETPC()) : 0;     \
             }                                                           \
             addr += MSIZE;                                              \
         }                                                               \