diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/config.mk b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/config.mk
index d01f3d9..c048531 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/config.mk
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/config.mk
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@
 PF_CPPFLAGS_ARMV7 := $(call cc-option, -march=armv7-a, -march=armv5)
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += $(PF_CPPFLAGS_ARMV7)
 
-# SEE README.arm-unaligned-accesses
+# On supported platforms we set the bit which causes us to trap on unaligned
+# memory access.  This is the opposite of what the compiler expects to be
+# the default so we must pass in -mno-unaligned-access so that it is aware
+# of our decision.
 PF_NO_UNALIGNED := $(call cc-option, -mno-unaligned-access,)
-PLATFORM_NO_UNALIGNED := $(PF_NO_UNALIGNED)
+PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += $(PF_NO_UNALIGNED)
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG),)
 ifdef CONFIG_SPL
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/config.mk b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/config.mk
index 027a68c..f5b9559 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/config.mk
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/config.mk
@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@
 #
 PLATFORM_RELFLAGS += -fno-common -ffixed-x18
 
-# SEE README.arm-unaligned-accesses
-PF_NO_UNALIGNED := $(call cc-option, -mstrict-align)
-PLATFORM_NO_UNALIGNED := $(PF_NO_UNALIGNED)
-
 PF_CPPFLAGS_ARMV8 := $(call cc-option, -march=armv8-a)
+PF_NO_UNALIGNED := $(call cc-option, -mstrict-align)
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += $(PF_CPPFLAGS_ARMV8)
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += $(PF_NO_UNALIGNED)