diff --git a/arch/arm/Makefile b/arch/arm/Makefile
index 768c503..55f7248 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # at least some of the code would be executed with MMU off, lets be
 # conservative and instruct the compiler not to generate any unaligned
 # accesses
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_V8),n)
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_CPU_V8),y)
 CFLAGS += -mno-unaligned-access
 endif