diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
index 119a6bb59bde294d52d66ff6b82f1b9510c79fd1..4036a59264651bc3050d313683a07cf804838b1a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_UNWIND)	+= unwind.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_TCM)		+= tcm.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP)	+= crash_dump.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SWP_EMULATE)	+= swp_emulate.o
+CFLAGS_swp_emulate.o		:= -Wa,-march=armv7-a
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT)	+= hw_breakpoint.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRUNCH)		+= crunch.o crunch-bits.o