diff --git a/test/av1_convolve_test.cc b/test/av1_convolve_test.cc
index bbc8015..4b444bd 100644
--- a/test/av1_convolve_test.cc
+++ b/test/av1_convolve_test.cc
@@ -1378,7 +1378,10 @@
   void TestConvolveVmaf() {
     // 8-tap Gaussian blur filter used by tune=vmaf_with_preprocessing
     // in av1/encoder/tune_vmaf.c.
-    static const int16_t kGaussFilter[8] = { 2, 8, 24, 60, 24, 8, 2, 0 };
+    // The array is of size 9 to allow passing kGaussFilter + 1 to
+    // _mm_loadu_si128() in prepare_coeffs_6t().
+    DECLARE_ALIGNED(16, static const int16_t,
+                    kGaussFilter[9]) = { 0, 8, 30, 52, 30, 8, 0, 0, 0 };
     const InterpFilterParams filter_params = { kGaussFilter, 8,
                                                EIGHTTAP_REGULAR };
     const int width = GetParam().Block().Width();
@@ -1696,7 +1699,10 @@
 
  private:
   void TestConvolveVmaf() {
-    static const int16_t kGaussFilter[8] = { 2, 8, 24, 60, 24, 8, 2, 0 };
+    // The array is of size 9 to allow passing kGaussFilter + 1 to
+    // _mm_loadu_si128() in prepare_coeffs_6t().
+    DECLARE_ALIGNED(16, static const int16_t,
+                    kGaussFilter[9]) = { 0, 8, 30, 52, 30, 8, 0, 0, 0 };
     const InterpFilterParams filter_params = { kGaussFilter, 8,
                                                EIGHTTAP_REGULAR };
     const int width = GetParam().Block().Width();