diff --git a/arch/arm/crypto/aes-ce-core.S b/arch/arm/crypto/aes-ce-core.S
index b978cdf133af..4d1707388d94 100644
--- a/arch/arm/crypto/aes-ce-core.S
+++ b/arch/arm/crypto/aes-ce-core.S
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <asm/assembler.h>
 
 	.text
+	.arch		armv8-a
 	.fpu		crypto-neon-fp-armv8
 	.align		3