diff --git a/tcg/optimize.c b/tcg/optimize.c
index 752cc5c56b..275db77b42 100644
--- a/tcg/optimize.c
+++ b/tcg/optimize.c
@@ -2376,7 +2376,7 @@ static bool fold_shift(OptContext *ctx, TCGOp *op)
          * will not reduced the number of input sign repetitions.
          */
         sign = (s_mask & -s_mask) >> 1;
-        if (!(z_mask & sign)) {
+        if (sign && !(z_mask & sign)) {
             ctx->s_mask = s_mask;
         }
         break;
diff --git a/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.target b/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.target
index ea3e232e65..0efd565f05 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.target
+++ b/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.target
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ VPATH 		+= $(AARCH64_SRC)
 
 # Base architecture tests
 AARCH64_TESTS=fcvt pcalign-a64 lse2-fault
+AARCH64_TESTS += test-2248
 
 fcvt: LDFLAGS+=-lm
 
diff --git a/tests/tcg/aarch64/test-2248.c b/tests/tcg/aarch64/test-2248.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aac2e17836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tcg/aarch64/test-2248.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+/* See https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/2248 */
+
+#include <assert.h>
+
+__attribute__((noinline))
+long test(long x, long y, long sh)
+{
+    long r;
+    asm("cmp   %1, %2\n\t"
+        "cset  x12, lt\n\t"
+        "and   w11, w12, #0xff\n\t"
+        "cmp   w11, #0\n\t"
+        "csetm x14, ne\n\t"
+        "lsr   x13, x14, %3\n\t"
+        "sxtb  %0, w13"
+        : "=r"(r)
+        : "r"(x), "r"(y), "r"(sh)
+        : "x11", "x12", "x13", "x14");
+    return r;
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+    long r = test(0, 1, 2);
+    assert(r == -1);
+    return 0;
+}