diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/templateInterpreterGenerator_aarch64.cpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/templateInterpreterGenerator_aarch64.cpp
index 2ab37dc..297865f 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/templateInterpreterGenerator_aarch64.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/templateInterpreterGenerator_aarch64.cpp
@@ -1591,27 +1591,30 @@ address TemplateInterpreterGenerator::generate_normal_entry(bool synchronized) {
   __ add(rlocals, esp, r2, ext::uxtx, 3);
   __ sub(rlocals, rlocals, wordSize);
 
-  // Make room for locals
-  __ sub(rscratch1, esp, r3, ext::uxtx, 3);
-
-  // Padding between locals and fixed part of activation frame to ensure
-  // SP is always 16-byte aligned.
-  __ andr(sp, rscratch1, -16);
+  __ mov(rscratch1, esp);
 
   // r3 - # of additional locals
   // allocate space for locals
   // explicitly initialize locals
+  // Initializing memory allocated for locals in the same direction as
+  // the stack grows to ensure page initialization order according
+  // to windows-aarch64 stack page growth requirement (see
+  // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/arm64-windows-abi-conventions?view=msvc-160#stack)
   {
     Label exit, loop;
     __ ands(zr, r3, r3);
     __ br(Assembler::LE, exit); // do nothing if r3 <= 0
     __ bind(loop);
-    __ str(zr, Address(__ post(rscratch1, wordSize)));
+    __ str(zr, Address(__ pre(rscratch1, -wordSize)));
     __ sub(r3, r3, 1); // until everything initialized
     __ cbnz(r3, loop);
     __ bind(exit);
   }
 
+  // Padding between locals and fixed part of activation frame to ensure
+  // SP is always 16-byte aligned.
+  __ andr(sp, rscratch1, -16);
+
   // And the base dispatch table
   __ get_dispatch();