diff --git a/target-arm/helper.c b/target-arm/helper.c
index 6d2a8f2ad9..4bd1cd4fa4 100644
--- a/target-arm/helper.c
+++ b/target-arm/helper.c
@@ -2528,12 +2528,20 @@ float32 VFP_HELPER(tosiz, d)(float64 x, CPUState *env)
 /* floating point conversion */
 float64 VFP_HELPER(fcvtd, s)(float32 x, CPUState *env)
 {
-    return float32_to_float64(x, &env->vfp.fp_status);
+    float64 r = float32_to_float64(x, &env->vfp.fp_status);
+    /* ARM requires that S<->D conversion of any kind of NaN generates
+     * a quiet NaN by forcing the most significant frac bit to 1.
+     */
+    return float64_maybe_silence_nan(r);
 }
 
 float32 VFP_HELPER(fcvts, d)(float64 x, CPUState *env)
 {
-    return float64_to_float32(x, &env->vfp.fp_status);
+    float32 r =  float64_to_float32(x, &env->vfp.fp_status);
+    /* ARM requires that S<->D conversion of any kind of NaN generates
+     * a quiet NaN by forcing the most significant frac bit to 1.
+     */
+    return float32_maybe_silence_nan(r);
 }
 
 /* VFP3 fixed point conversion.  */