diff --git a/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress_block.c b/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress_block.c
index 466e83b6be1..a374a605cad 100644
--- a/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress_block.c
+++ b/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress_block.c
@@ -965,6 +965,11 @@ size_t ZSTD_execSequence(BYTE* op,
 
     assert(op != NULL /* Precondition */);
     assert(oend_w < oend /* No underflow */);
+
+#if defined(__aarch64__)
+    /* prefetch sequence starting from match that will be used for copy later */
+    PREFETCH_L1(match);
+#endif
     /* Handle edge cases in a slow path:
      *   - Read beyond end of literals
      *   - Match end is within WILDCOPY_OVERLIMIT of oend