diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ac738162f..2967195c3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -160,15 +160,6 @@ endif #(ARM_ARCH_MAJOR)
 ################################################################################
 arch-features		=	${ARM_ARCH_FEATURE}
 
-# Set the compiler's architecture feature modifiers
-ifneq ($(arch-features), none)
-	# Strip "none+" from arch-features
-	arch-features	:=	$(subst none+,,$(arch-features))
-	march-directive	:=	$(march-directive)+$(arch-features)
-# Print features
-        $(info Arm Architecture Features specified: $(subst +, ,$(arch-features)))
-endif #(arch-features)
-
 ifneq ($(findstring clang,$(notdir $(CC))),)
 	ifneq ($(findstring armclang,$(notdir $(CC))),)
 		TF_CFLAGS_aarch32	:=	-target arm-arm-none-eabi
@@ -232,8 +223,6 @@ endif #(AARCH32_INSTRUCTION_SET)
 TF_CFLAGS_aarch32	+=	-mno-unaligned-access
 TF_CFLAGS_aarch64	+=	-mgeneral-regs-only -mstrict-align
 
-ASFLAGS		+=	$(march-directive)
-
 ##############################################################################
 # WARNINGS Configuration
 ###############################################################################
@@ -691,6 +680,7 @@ endif
 include ${MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY}march.mk
 
 TF_CFLAGS   +=	$(march-directive)
+ASFLAGS		+=	$(march-directive)
 
 # This internal flag is common option which is set to 1 for scenarios
 # when the BL2 is running in EL3 level. This occurs in two scenarios -
diff --git a/make_helpers/march.mk b/make_helpers/march.mk
index 2417709ca..1b73969a8 100644
--- a/make_helpers/march.mk
+++ b/make_helpers/march.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2023-2024, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -82,4 +82,13 @@ endif # not clang
 
 march-directive := -march=${provided-march}
 
+# Set the compiler's architecture feature modifiers
+ifneq ($(arch-features), none)
+	# Strip "none+" from arch-features
+	arch-features	:=	$(subst none+,,$(arch-features))
+	march-directive	:=	$(march-directive)+$(arch-features)
+# Print features
+        $(info Arm Architecture Features specified: $(subst +, ,$(arch-features)))
+endif #(arch-features)
+
 endif # MARCH_DIRECTIVE