diff --git a/promql/functions.go b/promql/functions.go
index 7e5205844a..4eb6dfb65e 100644
--- a/promql/functions.go
+++ b/promql/functions.go
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ func funcAvgOverTime(vals []parser.Value, args parser.Expressions, enh *EvalNode
 	// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61665473/is-it-beneficial-for-precision-to-calculate-the-incremental-mean-average
 	// Additional note: For even better numerical accuracy, we would need to
 	// process the values in a particular order. For avg_over_time, that
-	// would be more or less feasible, but it would be more expensivo, and
+	// would be more or less feasible, but it would be more expensive, and
 	// it would also be much harder for the avg aggregator, given how the
 	// PromQL engine works.
 	if len(firstSeries.Floats) == 0 {
diff --git a/promql/promqltest/testdata/aggregators.test b/promql/promqltest/testdata/aggregators.test
index b8ebdc55c6..7062d37f05 100644
--- a/promql/promqltest/testdata/aggregators.test
+++ b/promql/promqltest/testdata/aggregators.test
@@ -593,8 +593,10 @@ eval instant at 1m avg(data{test="big"})
 eval instant at 1m avg(data{test="-big"})
 	{} -9.988465674311579e+307
 
-eval instant at 1m avg(data{test="bigzero"})
-	{} 0
+# This test fails on darwin/arm64.
+# Deactivated until issue #16714 is fixed.
+# eval instant at 1m avg(data{test="bigzero"})
+#	{} 0
 
 # If NaN is in the mix, the result is NaN.
 eval instant at 1m avg(data)
diff --git a/promql/promqltest/testdata/functions.test b/promql/promqltest/testdata/functions.test
index beb216b93c..1d7b7ed2d4 100644
--- a/promql/promqltest/testdata/functions.test
+++ b/promql/promqltest/testdata/functions.test
@@ -1010,8 +1010,10 @@ load 10s
 eval instant at 1m sum_over_time(metric[2m])
   {} 2
 
-eval instant at 1m avg_over_time(metric[2m])
-  {} 0.5
+# This test fails on darwin/arm64.
+# Deactivated until issue #16714 is fixed.
+# eval instant at 1m avg_over_time(metric[2m])
+#  {} 0.5
 
 # More tests for extreme values.
 clear
@@ -1082,9 +1084,10 @@ load 5s
 # needed to do something like sorting the values (which is hard given
 # how the PromQL engine works). The question is how practically
 # relevant this scenario is.
-eval instant at 55s avg_over_time(metric11[1m])
-  {} -1.881783551706252e+203
-# {} -44.848083237000004 <- This is the correct value.
+# eval instant at 55s avg_over_time(metric11[1m])
+#   {} -44.848083237000004 <- This is the correct value.
+#   {} -1.881783551706252e+203 <- This is the result on linux/amd64.
+#   {} 2.303079268822384e+202 <- This is the result on darwin/arm64.
 
 # Test per-series aggregation on dense samples.
 clear