diff --git a/libavcodec/aarch64/h264dsp_neon.S b/libavcodec/aarch64/h264dsp_neon.S
index 723b692019..c09db164b6 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aarch64/h264dsp_neon.S
+++ b/libavcodec/aarch64/h264dsp_neon.S
@@ -810,9 +810,9 @@ function ff_weight_h264_pixels_\w\()_neon, export=1
         dup             v18.8h,  w6
         cmp             w4,  #0
         b.lt            10f
-        weight_\w       add
+        weight_\w       sqadd
 10:     neg             w4,  w4
-        weight_\w       sub
+        weight_\w       sqsub
 endfunc
 .endm
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/arm/h264dsp_neon.S b/libavcodec/arm/h264dsp_neon.S
index 5fed6848d8..975b61c8c0 100644
--- a/libavcodec/arm/h264dsp_neon.S
+++ b/libavcodec/arm/h264dsp_neon.S
@@ -549,9 +549,9 @@ function ff_weight_h264_pixels_\w\()_neon, export=1
         vdup.16         q9,  lr
         cmp             r12, #0
         blt             10f
-        weight_\w       vadd.s16
+        weight_\w       vqadd.s16
 10:     rsb             r12, r12, #0
-        weight_\w       vsub.s16
+        weight_\w       vqsub.s16
 endfunc
 .endm
 
diff --git a/tests/checkasm/h264dsp.c b/tests/checkasm/h264dsp.c
index 30478f2956..a38ee32d9c 100644
--- a/tests/checkasm/h264dsp.c
+++ b/tests/checkasm/h264dsp.c
@@ -500,10 +500,6 @@ static void check_loop_filter_intra(void)
     }
 }
 
-// neon fails at edge cases
-#define H264_CHECK_WEIGHT (!ARCH_ARM && !ARCH_AARCH64)
-
-#if H264_CHECK_WEIGHT
 static void check_weight(void)
 {
     LOCAL_ALIGNED_16(uint8_t, dst, [32 * 32 * 2]);
@@ -547,7 +543,6 @@ static void check_weight(void)
         }
     }
 }
-#endif
 
 // only arch that can pass test
 #define H264_CHECK_BIWEIGHT ARCH_X86
@@ -634,10 +629,8 @@ void checkasm_check_h264dsp(void)
     check_loop_filter_intra();
     report("loop_filter_intra");
 
-#if H264_CHECK_WEIGHT
     check_weight();
     report("weight");
-#endif
 
 #if H264_CHECK_BIWEIGHT
     check_biweight();