diff --git a/scripts/checkstack.pl b/scripts/checkstack.pl
index 122aef5e4e14..371bd17a4983 100755
--- a/scripts/checkstack.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkstack.pl
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ my (@stack, $re, $dre, $x, $xs, $funcre);
 	$x	= "[0-9a-f]";	# hex character
 	$xs	= "[0-9a-f ]";	# hex character or space
 	$funcre = qr/^$x* <(.*)>:$/;
-	if ($arch eq 'aarch64') {
+	if ($arch =~ '^(aarch|arm)64$') {
 		#ffffffc0006325cc:       a9bb7bfd        stp     x29, x30, [sp, #-80]!
 		#a110:       d11643ff        sub     sp, sp, #0x590
 		$re = qr/^.*stp.*sp, \#-([0-9]{1,8})\]\!/o;