diff --git a/mingw-w64-git/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-git/PKGBUILD
index 8bd1c9a205c3f..2c59e059d820d 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-git/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-git/PKGBUILD
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pkgname=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}"
 	 "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}-test-artifacts")
 tag=2.42.0.windows.2
 pkgver=2.42.0.2.2f819d1670
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="The fast distributed version control system (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
 url="https://git-for-windows.github.io/"
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ sha256sums=('SKIP'
             'a9dcba5aebc93ae7aacdee03275780fc6c0f15e88fda30c93041e75851e75090'
             'f16b345aba17acd124ab5940635dfa2d87445df73eedbeb80e0285f29c85415a'
             '80b0b11efe5a2f9b4cd92f28c260d0b3aad8b809c34ed95237c59b73e08ade0b'
-            'a5722c42c4b6c1e11ffb940d8c8f04956bb40c050c92f1c3f604145252679279'
+            '20613488bbd66bced2ef786448dc335c9cc7a5ef8be800e0d5bab83e36faf584'
             'dab3e41e935a33f443a4ff4ef4ce92c191b6d952d9eb37e14885540ad5af99ed'
             'c975292adae1f2666f07f8ee9b7d50576da249d9151c6bd211602adc8d37b6ab'
             '53e630f581bee400100d074189754413afb6670ba1c09a5a3a09c5b575e41e60'
diff --git a/mingw-w64-git/git-wrapper.c b/mingw-w64-git/git-wrapper.c
index 2b7ed1946e919..f5ab078f6842f 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-git/git-wrapper.c
+++ b/mingw-w64-git/git-wrapper.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static void my_path_append(LPWSTR list, LPCWSTR path, size_t alloc)
 
 static int running_on_arm64 = -1;
 
-static int is_running_on_arm64(LPWSTR top_level_path, LPWSTR msystem_bin)
+static int is_running_on_arm64_hardware()
 {
 	if (running_on_arm64 >= 0)
 		return running_on_arm64;
@@ -133,19 +133,27 @@ static int is_running_on_arm64(LPWSTR top_level_path, LPWSTR msystem_bin)
 		IsWow64Process2(GetCurrentProcess(), &process_machine, &native_machine) &&
 		native_machine == 0xaa64;
 
-	if (running_on_arm64) {
-		size_t len = wcslen(top_level_path);
+	return running_on_arm64;
+}
 
-		/* Does /clangarm64/bin exist? */
-		my_path_append(top_level_path, L"clangarm64/bin", MAX_PATH);
-		if (_waccess(top_level_path, 0) != -1)
-			wcscpy(msystem_bin, L"clangarm64/bin");
-		else
-			running_on_arm64 = 0;
-		top_level_path[len] = L'\0';
+static int is_running_on_arm64_msystem(LPWSTR top_level_path, LPWSTR msystem_bin)
+{
+	int ret=0;
+	size_t len = wcslen(top_level_path);
+
+	/* Does /clangarm64/bin exist? */
+	my_path_append(top_level_path, L"clangarm64/bin", MAX_PATH);
+	if (_waccess(top_level_path, 0) != -1) {
+		wcscpy(msystem_bin, L"clangarm64/bin");
+		ret=1;
 	}
+	top_level_path[len] = L'\0';
+	return ret;
+}
 
-	return running_on_arm64;
+static inline int is_running_on_arm64(LPWSTR top_level_path, LPWSTR msystem_bin)
+{
+	return is_running_on_arm64_hardware() && is_running_on_arm64_msystem(top_level_path, msystem_bin);
 }
 
 static int is_system32_path(LPWSTR path)