diff --git a/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/trusted-firmware-a.inc b/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/trusted-firmware-a.inc
index 90f8e20d..c14e1e51 100644
--- a/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/trusted-firmware-a.inc
+++ b/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/trusted-firmware-a.inc
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ SRC_URI_MBEDTLS ??= ""
 # This should be set to MBEDTLS LIC FILES checksum
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM_MBEDTLS ??= ""
 # add MBEDTLS to our sources if activated
-SRC_URI += "${@bb.utils.contains('TFA_MBEDTLS', '1', '${SRC_URI_MBEDTLS}', '', d)}"
+SRC_URI_append = " ${@bb.utils.contains('TFA_MBEDTLS', '1', '${SRC_URI_MBEDTLS}', '', d)}"
 # add mbed TLS chksum
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM += "${@bb.utils.contains('TFA_MBEDTLS', '1', '${LIC_FILES_CHKSUM_MBEDTLS}', '', d)}"
 # add mbed TLS to version