diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 9e804271..c79d7ca4 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -223,11 +223,16 @@ asmtest.ref: asmtest.S
 	$(CC) -Wa,-W -o asmtest.ref.o -c asmtest.S
 	objdump -D asmtest.ref.o > asmtest.ref
 
+ifeq ($(ARCH),arm)
+asmtest asmtest2:
+	(cd .. && tests/arm-asm-testsuite.sh)
+else
 asmtest asmtest2: asmtest.ref
 	@echo ------------ $@ ------------
 	$(TCC) $(MAYBE_RUN_TCC) -c asmtest.S
 	objdump -D asmtest.o > asmtest.out
 	@if diff -u --ignore-matching-lines="file format" asmtest.ref asmtest.out ; then echo "ASM Auto Test OK"; fi
+endif
 
 # test assembler with tcc compiled by itself
 asmtest2: MAYBE_RUN_TCC = $(RUN_TCC)
diff --git a/tests/arm-asm-testsuite.sh b/tests/arm-asm-testsuite.sh
index 7c8ea882..18219ce6 100755
--- a/tests/arm-asm-testsuite.sh
+++ b/tests/arm-asm-testsuite.sh
@@ -102,11 +102,12 @@ do
 					echo "warning: '$s $args' did not work in tcc (see above)">&2
 				fi
 			else
+				rm -f "${tcc_object}"
 				echo "warning: '$s $args' did not work in tcc">&2
 			fi
 			ok=1
 		else # GNU as can't do it either--so we don't care
-			echo -n
+			rm -f "${as_object}"
 		fi
 		rm -f "${err}"
 	done
@@ -116,8 +117,9 @@ do
 		continue
 	fi
 done
+
 successful_count="$(ls -1 "${state}/ok-"* |wc -l)"
-total_count="$(ls -1 "${state}/tcc-"*.o |wc -l)"
+total_count="$(ls -1 "${state}/as-"*.o |wc -l)"
 rm -rf "${state}"
 echo "${successful_count} of ${total_count} tests succeeded.">&2
 if [ "${successful_count}" -eq "${total_count}" ]