diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 32eb501..5630231 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -794,9 +794,7 @@
     endif
     ifeq (${ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS},1)
         # Warning instead of error due to CI dependency on this
-        $(warning "ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS cannot be used with ARCH=aarch32")
-        $(warning "Forced ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS=0")
-        override ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS	:= 0
+        $(error "ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS cannot be used with ARCH=aarch32")
     endif
 endif