diff --git a/core/arch/arm/cpu/cortex-armv8-0.mk b/core/arch/arm/cpu/cortex-armv8-0.mk
index eb43c2445b3..42ebd375780 100644
--- a/core/arch/arm/cpu/cortex-armv8-0.mk
+++ b/core/arch/arm/cpu/cortex-armv8-0.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 $(call force,CFG_HWSUPP_MEM_PERM_WXN,y)
 $(call force,CFG_HWSUPP_MEM_PERM_PXN,y)
+# cortex-a53 and cortex-a57 complies on arm32 architectures
 arm32-platform-cpuarch 	:= cortex-a53
 arm32-platform-cflags 	+= -mcpu=$(arm32-platform-cpuarch)
 arm32-platform-aflags 	+= -mcpu=$(arm32-platform-cpuarch)
diff --git a/core/arch/arm/plat-mediatek/conf.mk b/core/arch/arm/plat-mediatek/conf.mk
index 1664278dfcc..1a6271807ff 100644
--- a/core/arch/arm/plat-mediatek/conf.mk
+++ b/core/arch/arm/plat-mediatek/conf.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PLATFORM_FLAVOR ?= mt8173
 
-include core/arch/arm/cpu/cortex-a15.mk
+include core/arch/arm/cpu/cortex-armv8-0.mk
 
 # 32-bit flags
 arm32-platform-aflags	+= -mfpu=neon
diff --git a/core/arch/arm/plat-sprd/conf.mk b/core/arch/arm/plat-sprd/conf.mk
index 1f4c4e10198..e1c4b988d22 100644
--- a/core/arch/arm/plat-sprd/conf.mk
+++ b/core/arch/arm/plat-sprd/conf.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PLATFORM_FLAVOR ?= sc9860
 
-include core/arch/arm/cpu/cortex-a15.mk
+include core/arch/arm/cpu/cortex-armv8-0.mk
 
 # 32-bit flags
 arm32-platform-aflags		+= -mfpu=neon