diff --git a/plat/arm/board/common/board_common.mk b/plat/arm/board/common/board_common.mk
index 889b8b353..3a6637f65 100644
--- a/plat/arm/board/common/board_common.mk
+++ b/plat/arm/board/common/board_common.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015-2024, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2015-2025, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -148,14 +148,14 @@ $(BUILD_PLAT)/bl2/arm_dev_protpk.o: $(ARM_PROTPK)
 $(BUILD_PLAT)/bl2/arm_dev_swd_rotpk.o: $(ARM_SWD_ROTPK)
 endif
 
-$(ARM_PROTPK): $(ARM_PROT_KEY)
+$(ARM_PROTPK): $(ARM_PROT_KEY) | $$(@D)/
 ifndef ARM_PROT_KEY
 	$(error Cannot generate hash: no PROT_KEY defined)
 endif
 	${OPENSSL_BIN_PATH}/openssl ${CRYPTO_ALG} -in ${ARM_PROT_KEY} -pubout -outform DER | \
 	${OPENSSL_BIN_PATH}/openssl dgst -${HASH_ALG} -binary -out $@
 
-$(ARM_SWD_ROTPK): $(ARM_SWD_ROT_KEY)
+$(ARM_SWD_ROTPK): $(ARM_SWD_ROT_KEY) | $$(@D)/
 ifndef ARM_SWD_ROT_KEY
 	$(error Cannot generate hash: no SWD_KEY defined)
 endif
diff --git a/plat/marvell/armada/a3k/common/a3700_common.mk b/plat/marvell/armada/a3k/common/a3700_common.mk
index e8f892d2c..ac47ef522 100644
--- a/plat/marvell/armada/a3k/common/a3700_common.mk
+++ b/plat/marvell/armada/a3k/common/a3700_common.mk
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ ifeq ($(A3720_DB_PM_WAKEUP_SRC),1)
 BL31_SOURCES		+=	$(PLAT_FAMILY_BASE)/$(PLAT)/board/pm_src.c
 endif
 
+BUILD_UART	:= uart-images
+UART_IMAGE	:= $(BUILD_UART).tgz.bin
+
 ifdef WTP
 
 # Do not remove! Following checks are required to ensure correct TF-A builds, removing these checks leads to broken TF-A builds
@@ -82,9 +85,6 @@ $(if $(shell git -C $(value WTP) rev-parse --show-cdup 2>&1),$(error "'WTP=$(val
 
 TBB		:= $(WTP)/wtptp/src/TBB_Linux/release/TBB_linux
 
-BUILD_UART	:= uart-images
-UART_IMAGE	:= $(BUILD_UART).tgz.bin
-
 ifeq ($(MARVELL_SECURE_BOOT),1)
 TIM_CFG		:= $(BUILD_PLAT)/atf-tim.txt
 TIM_UART_CFG	:= $(BUILD_PLAT)/$(BUILD_UART)/atf-tim.txt