diff --git a/Ghidra/Framework/Generic/src/test/java/ghidra/util/NumericUtilitiesTest.java b/Ghidra/Framework/Generic/src/test/java/ghidra/util/NumericUtilitiesTest.java
index bb0bc19eac..f1eca80d11 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Framework/Generic/src/test/java/ghidra/util/NumericUtilitiesTest.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Framework/Generic/src/test/java/ghidra/util/NumericUtilitiesTest.java
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
  */
 package ghidra.util;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -284,7 +283,7 @@ public class NumericUtilitiesTest {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testGetUnsigndeAlignedValue() {
+	public void testGetUnsignedAlignedValue() {
 
 		assertEquals(0, NumericUtilities.getUnsignedAlignedValue(0xffffffffffffffffL, 8));
 		assertEquals(0xfffffffffffffff8L,
diff --git a/Ghidra/Processors/PowerPC/src/main/java/ghidra/program/emulation/PPCEmulateInstructionStateModifier.java b/Ghidra/Processors/PowerPC/src/main/java/ghidra/program/emulation/PPCEmulateInstructionStateModifier.java
index 149ca9b9da..4b6a7a3cc3 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Processors/PowerPC/src/main/java/ghidra/program/emulation/PPCEmulateInstructionStateModifier.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Processors/PowerPC/src/main/java/ghidra/program/emulation/PPCEmulateInstructionStateModifier.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package ghidra.program.emulation;
 
+import java.math.BigInteger;
+
 import ghidra.pcode.emulate.Emulate;
 import ghidra.pcode.emulate.EmulateInstructionStateModifier;
 import ghidra.pcode.emulate.callother.CountLeadingZerosOpBehavior;
@@ -22,17 +24,14 @@ import ghidra.pcode.emulate.callother.OpBehaviorOther;
 import ghidra.pcode.memstate.MemoryState;
 import ghidra.pcodeCPort.error.LowlevelError;
 import ghidra.program.model.pcode.Varnode;
-import java.math.BigInteger;
 
 public class PPCEmulateInstructionStateModifier extends EmulateInstructionStateModifier {
 
-	
 	public PPCEmulateInstructionStateModifier(Emulate emu) {
 		super(emu);
 
-        registerPcodeOpBehavior("countLeadingZeros", new CountLeadingZerosOpBehavior());
-        registerPcodeOpBehavior("vectorPermute", new vectorPermuteOpBehavior());
-
+		registerPcodeOpBehavior("countLeadingZeros", new CountLeadingZerosOpBehavior());
+		registerPcodeOpBehavior("vectorPermute", new vectorPermuteOpBehavior());
 
 	}
 
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ public class PPCEmulateInstructionStateModifier extends EmulateInstructionStateM
 
 		@Override
 		public void evaluate(Emulate emu, Varnode out, Varnode[] inputs) {
-			int i;
 
 			if (out == null) {
 				throw new LowlevelError("CALLOTHER: Vector permute op missing required output");
@@ -50,60 +48,64 @@ public class PPCEmulateInstructionStateModifier extends EmulateInstructionStateM
 				throw new LowlevelError(
 					"CALLOTHER: Vector permute op requires three non-constant varnode input");
 			}
-			for (i = 1; i < 4; i++) {
+			for (int i = 1; i < 4; i++) {
 				if (inputs[i].getSize() == 0 || inputs[i].isConstant()) {
 					throw new LowlevelError(
-							"CALLOTHER: Vector permute op requires three non-constant varnode input");
-					
+						"CALLOTHER: Vector permute op requires three non-constant varnode input");
+
 				}
 			}
 
 			Varnode in1 = inputs[1];
 			Varnode in2 = inputs[2];
 			Varnode in3 = inputs[3];
-			if ((in1.getSize() != 16) || (in2.getSize() != 16) || (in3.getSize() != 16) || (out.getSize() != 16)) {
+			if ((in1.getSize() != 16) || (in2.getSize() != 16) || (in3.getSize() != 16) ||
+				(out.getSize() != 16)) {
 				throw new LowlevelError(
 					"CALLOTHER: Vector permute op inputs/output must be 16bytes long");
 			}
 
 			MemoryState memoryState = emu.getMemoryState();
 
-			BigInteger src = memoryState.getBigInteger(in1,false);
+			// Combine two 16-byte inputs to form single 32-byte input
+			BigInteger src = memoryState.getBigInteger(in1, false);
 			src = src.shiftLeft(128);
 			src = src.or(memoryState.getBigInteger(in2, false));
-			
-			// I need to force the srcarray and permute arrays to be a specific length
-			// I can find no direct way to do this which stinks.  The ensureCapacity
-			// would work, but I need the padding at the beginning.
-			byte[] srcin = src.toByteArray();
-			byte[] srcarray;
-			if (srcin.length != 32) {
-				i = 32-srcin.length;
-				srcarray = new byte[32];
-				System.arraycopy(srcin, 0, srcarray, i, srcin.length);
-			}
-			else {
-				srcarray = srcin;
-			}
-			
-			byte[] pin = memoryState.getBigInteger(in3,false).toByteArray();
-			byte[] permute;
-			if (pin.length != 16) {
-				i = 16 - pin.length;
-				permute = new byte[16];
-				System.arraycopy(pin, 0, permute, i, pin.length);
-			}
-			else {
-				permute = pin;
-			}
+			byte[] srcin = getUnsignedValueArray(src.toByteArray(), 32);
+
+			// Get 16-byte permute input
+			byte[] pin = memoryState.getBigInteger(in3, false).toByteArray();
+			byte[] permute = getUnsignedValueArray(pin, 16);
+
+			// Generate 16-byte output 
 			byte[] outarray = new byte[16];
-			
-			for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
-				outarray[i] = srcarray[(permute[i] & 0x1f)];
+			for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
+				outarray[i] = srcin[(permute[i] & 0x1f)];
 			}
 
 			memoryState.setValue(out, new BigInteger(outarray));
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Generate an unsigned value array from variable length srcBytes extending or truncating
+	 * bytes as needed to ensure a returned length of byteLength.  The MSB is located
+	 * at byte index 0, therefore adjustments may be needed to ensure that the LSB retains
+	 * its position in the least-significant byte.  A short srcBytes array will result in 
+	 * zero-filled most-significant bytes within the result.
+	 * @param srcBytes unsigned source value array
+	 * @param byteLength desired result value length in bytes
+	 * @return a value byte array of the specified byteLength
+	 */
+	private static byte[] getUnsignedValueArray(byte[] srcBytes, int byteLength) {
+		if (srcBytes.length == byteLength) {
+			return srcBytes;
+		}
+		byte[] result = new byte[byteLength];
+		int srcStartIndex = Math.max(0, srcBytes.length - byteLength); // discard excessive most-significant bytes
+		int copyCount = Math.min(byteLength, srcBytes.length); // limit copy to requested number of bytes
+		int destStartIndex = byteLength - copyCount; // adjust if too few bytes provided
+		System.arraycopy(srcBytes, srcStartIndex, result, destStartIndex, copyCount);
+		return result;
+	}
 }