diff --git a/releasenotes.md b/releasenotes.md
index f60ad7bd8..306f0d554 100644
--- a/releasenotes.md
+++ b/releasenotes.md
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
 - Bug fix for rethrow + defer catch. 
 - Wrong size for structs containing overaligned structs #1219
 - $typeof(*x) should be valid when x is an `[out]` parameter #1226
- 
+- Fix ABI lowering for 128 bit vectors on Linux.
+
 ### Stdlib changes
 - Added `remove_first_item` `remove_last_item` and `remove_item` as aliases for the `match` functions.
 - Added @str_hash, @str_upper, @str_lower, @str_find compile time macros.
diff --git a/src/compiler/abi/c_abi_x64.c b/src/compiler/abi/c_abi_x64.c
index cec6a8b21..c5d8df89e 100644
--- a/src/compiler/abi/c_abi_x64.c
+++ b/src/compiler/abi/c_abi_x64.c
@@ -327,10 +327,9 @@ void x64_classify_vector(Type *type, ByteSize offset_base, X64Class *current, X6
 		}
 		return;
 	}
+	Type *element = type->array.base;
 	if (size == 8)
 	{
-		Type *element = type->array.base;
-
 		// 1 x double passed in memory (by gcc)
 		if (element->type_kind == TYPE_F64) return;
 
@@ -346,7 +345,8 @@ void x64_classify_vector(Type *type, ByteSize offset_base, X64Class *current, X6
 	}
 	if (size == 16 || (named_arg == NAMED && size <= platform_target.x64.native_vector_size_avx))
 	{
-		if (platform_target.x64.pass_int128_vector_in_mem) return;
+		if (platform_target.x64.pass_int128_vector_in_mem
+			&& size != 16 && type_is_int128(element)) return;
 
 		*lo_class = CLASS_SSE;
 		*hi_class = CLASS_SSEUP;