diff --git a/unittests/FEXLinuxTests/tests/signal/signal_sra_state.32.cpp b/unittests/FEXLinuxTests/tests/signal/signal_sra_state.32.cpp
index 9fab97028..3c175d19f 100644
--- a/unittests/FEXLinuxTests/tests/signal/signal_sra_state.32.cpp
+++ b/unittests/FEXLinuxTests/tests/signal/signal_sra_state.32.cpp
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 #include <catch2/catch_test_macros.hpp>
 
+#include <atomic>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <thread>
 
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wattributes"
 
-constexpr static uint32_t xmm_values[8][4] = {
+__attribute__((aligned(16))) constexpr static uint32_t xmm_values[8][4] = {
   {0x00000001, 0x00000002, 0x00000003, 0x00000004}, {0x00000011, 0x00000012, 0x00000013, 0x00000014},
   {0x00000021, 0x00000022, 0x00000023, 0x00000024}, {0x00000031, 0x00000032, 0x00000033, 0x00000034},
   {0x00000041, 0x00000042, 0x00000043, 0x00000044}, {0x00000051, 0x00000052, 0x00000053, 0x00000054},
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@ constexpr static uint32_t xmm_values[8][4] = {
 static uint32_t results[4 + 32] __attribute__((aligned(16)));
 static volatile int alarm_fired = 0;
 
+static std::atomic<uint32_t> test_ready {};
+
 extern "C" void ContinueAfterSignal();
 
 static void SignalHandler(int signal, siginfo_t* siginfo, void* context) {
@@ -62,6 +66,7 @@ __attribute__((nocf_check)) static void LoadRegsLoopAndStore() {
     movaps xmm6, [%[v]+96]
     movaps xmm7, [%[v]+112]
 
+    mov %[test_ready], ecx
     mov eax, %[alarm]
     test eax, eax
     jz .Lloop
@@ -79,11 +84,17 @@ __attribute__((nocf_check)) static void LoadRegsLoopAndStore() {
     movaps [%[res]+96], xmm5
     movaps [%[res]+112], xmm6
     movaps [%[res]+128], xmm7
-  )" ::[v] "r"(xmm_values),
-                 [alarm] "m"(alarm_fired), [res] "r"(results)
+  )" ::[v] "r"(&xmm_values),
+                 [alarm] "m"(alarm_fired), [res] "r"(results), [test_ready] "m"(test_ready)
                  : "memory", "cc", "eax", "ecx", "edx");
 }
 
+static void AlarmThread(int thread_to_alarm) {
+  while (!test_ready.load())
+    ;
+  tgkill(::getpid(), thread_to_alarm, SIGALRM);
+}
+
 TEST_CASE("Signals: Register state preserved across async signal with SRA") {
   struct sigaction act {};
   act.sa_sigaction = SignalHandler;
@@ -93,7 +104,7 @@ TEST_CASE("Signals: Register state preserved across async signal with SRA") {
   alarm_fired = 0;
   memset(results, 0, sizeof(results));
 
-  alarm(1);
+  std::thread t(AlarmThread, ::gettid());
   LoadRegsLoopAndStore();
 
   REQUIRE(alarm_fired == 1);
@@ -110,4 +121,6 @@ TEST_CASE("Signals: Register state preserved across async signal with SRA") {
       CHECK(val == xmm_values[i][j]);
     }
   }
+
+  t.join();
 }