diff --git a/target/s390x/mem_helper.c b/target/s390x/mem_helper.c
index 013e8d6045..c31cf49593 100644
--- a/target/s390x/mem_helper.c
+++ b/target/s390x/mem_helper.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ static uint32_t do_helper_mvc(CPUS390XState *env, uint32_t l, uint64_t dest,
      */
     if (dest == src + 1) {
         fast_memset(env, dest, cpu_ldub_data_ra(env, src, ra), l, ra);
-    } else if (dest < src || src + l <= dest) {
+    } else if (!is_destructive_overlap(env, dest, src, l)) {
         fast_memmove(env, dest, src, l, ra);
     } else {
         for (i = 0; i < l; i++) {