diff --git a/plat/ti/k3/board/generic/board.mk b/plat/ti/k3/board/generic/board.mk
index a34221454..c5bd1ec3c 100644
--- a/plat/ti/k3/board/generic/board.mk
+++ b/plat/ti/k3/board/generic/board.mk
@@ -13,5 +13,8 @@ $(eval $(call add_define,PRELOADED_BL33_BASE))
 K3_HW_CONFIG_BASE ?= 0x82000000
 $(eval $(call add_define,K3_HW_CONFIG_BASE))
 
+# System coherency is managed in hardware
+USE_COHERENT_MEM	:=	1
+
 PLAT_INCLUDES		+=	\
 				-Iplat/ti/k3/board/generic/include	\
diff --git a/plat/ti/k3/common/plat_common.mk b/plat/ti/k3/common/plat_common.mk
index 05c004993..ab7366b7e 100644
--- a/plat/ti/k3/common/plat_common.mk
+++ b/plat/ti/k3/common/plat_common.mk
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ COLD_BOOT_SINGLE_CPU	:=	1
 # We can choose where a core starts executing
 PROGRAMMABLE_RESET_ADDRESS:=	1
 
-# System coherency is managed in hardware
+# ARM coherency is managed in hardware
 WARMBOOT_ENABLE_DCACHE_EARLY :=	1
-USE_COHERENT_MEM	:=	1
 
 # A53 erratum for SoC. (enable them all)
 ERRATA_A53_826319	:=	1