diff --git a/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/trusted-firmware-a_git.bb b/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/trusted-firmware-a_git.bb
index 62a5927e..953f8bf3 100644
--- a/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/trusted-firmware-a_git.bb
+++ b/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/trusted-firmware-a_git.bb
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ SRC_URI += "\
 
 # Not a release recipe, try our hardest to not pull this in implicitly
 DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1"
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_COMMITS = "1"