diff --git a/package/wolfssl/wolfssl.mk b/package/wolfssl/wolfssl.mk
index cd3acd9411..f415e11bb5 100644
--- a/package/wolfssl/wolfssl.mk
+++ b/package/wolfssl/wolfssl.mk
@@ -33,14 +33,12 @@ WOLFSSL_CONF_OPTS += --disable-sslv3
 endif
 
 # enable ARMv8 hardware acceleration
-ifeq ($(BR2_ARM_CPU_ARMV8A),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_aarch64),y)
 WOLFSSL_CONF_OPTS += --enable-armasm
 # the flag -mstrict-align is needed to prevent build errors caused by
 # some inline assembly in parts of the AES structure using the "m"
 # constraint
-ifeq ($(BR2_aarch64),y)
 WOLFSSL_CONF_ENV += CPPFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS) -mstrict-align"
-endif
 else
 WOLFSSL_CONF_OPTS += --disable-armasm
 endif