diff --git a/src/coreclr/jit/instr.cpp b/src/coreclr/jit/instr.cpp
index 500e94832339cc..9e7354784992bf 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/jit/instr.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/jit/instr.cpp
@@ -1975,45 +1975,19 @@ instruction CodeGen::ins_Move_Extend(var_types srcType, bool srcInReg)
         //
         if (srcInReg)
         {
-            if (varTypeIsUnsigned(srcType))
+            if (!varTypeIsSmall(srcType))
             {
-                if (varTypeIsByte(srcType))
-                {
-                    ins = INS_uxtb;
-                }
-                else if (varTypeIsShort(srcType))
-                {
-                    ins = INS_uxth;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    // A mov Rd, Rm instruction performs the zero extend
-                    // for the upper 32 bits when the size is EA_4BYTE
-
-                    ins = INS_mov;
-                }
+                // An int/long value already fills its register width, so a plain mov suffices;
+                // for int the EA_4BYTE mov also zero extends the unused upper bits.
+                ins = INS_mov;
+            }
+            else if (varTypeIsUnsigned(srcType))
+            {
+                ins = varTypeIsByte(srcType) ? INS_uxtb : INS_uxth;
             }
             else
             {
-                if (varTypeIsByte(srcType))
-                {
-                    ins = INS_sxtb;
-                }
-                else if (varTypeIsShort(srcType))
-                {
-                    ins = INS_sxth;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    if (srcType == TYP_INT)
-                    {
-                        ins = INS_sxtw;
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        ins = INS_mov;
-                    }
-                }
+                ins = varTypeIsByte(srcType) ? INS_sxtb : INS_sxth;
             }
         }
         else
diff --git a/src/tests/JIT/opt/InstructionCombining/IntMoveNoSignExtend.cs b/src/tests/JIT/opt/InstructionCombining/IntMoveNoSignExtend.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..05d2b71de536e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/JIT/opt/InstructionCombining/IntMoveNoSignExtend.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace TestIntMoveNoSignExtend
+{
+    public class Program
+    {
+        static int s_value = 7;
+
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.NoInlining)]
+        static int GetInt() => s_value;
+
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.NoInlining)]
+        static void Sink(int x) => s_value ^= x;
+
+        // A reg-to-reg move of a TYP_INT value (here the call result kept in a callee-saved register
+        // across the following call) must not be sign extended to 64 bits: the upper bits are never
+        // observed for an int, so a plain 'mov' suffices instead of an 'sxtw'.
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.NoInlining)]
+        static int IntMove()
+        {
+            //ARM64-NOT: sxtw
+            int a = GetInt();
+            Sink(0);
+            return a + GetInt();
+        }
+
+        // A genuine int -> long widening must still sign extend with 'sxtw Xd, Wn'.
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.NoInlining)]
+        static long Widen(int x)
+        {
+            //ARM64-FULL-LINE: sxtw {{x[0-9]+}}, {{w[0-9]+}}
+            return x;
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public static int TestEntryPoint()
+        {
+            int result = 100;
+
+            s_value = 7;
+            if (IntMove() != 14)
+            {
+                result = -1;
+            }
+
+            // Negative values must round-trip correctly through the move.
+            s_value = -123456;
+            if (IntMove() != -246912)
+            {
+                result = -1;
+            }
+
+            s_value = int.MinValue;
+            // int.MinValue + int.MinValue overflows to 0 in unchecked int arithmetic.
+            if (IntMove() != 0)
+            {
+                result = -1;
+            }
+
+            // Genuine widening must preserve the sign.
+            if (Widen(-7) != -7L)
+            {
+                result = -1;
+            }
+            if (Widen(int.MinValue) != int.MinValue)
+            {
+                result = -1;
+            }
+
+            return result;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/tests/JIT/opt/InstructionCombining/IntMoveNoSignExtend.csproj b/src/tests/JIT/opt/InstructionCombining/IntMoveNoSignExtend.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9a71cd1712d753
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/JIT/opt/InstructionCombining/IntMoveNoSignExtend.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <!-- Needed for CLRTestEnvironmentVariable -->
+    <RequiresProcessIsolation>true</RequiresProcessIsolation>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <DebugType>None</DebugType>
+    <Optimize>True</Optimize>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="IntMoveNoSignExtend.cs">
+      <HasDisasmCheck>true</HasDisasmCheck>
+    </Compile>
+    <CLRTestEnvironmentVariable Include="DOTNET_TieredCompilation" Value="0" />
+    <CLRTestEnvironmentVariable Include="DOTNET_JITMinOpts" Value="0" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>