diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-security/optee/optee-os-ti-overrides.inc b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-security/optee/optee-os-ti-overrides.inc
index c37cf768..d1de4368 100644
--- a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-security/optee/optee-os-ti-overrides.inc
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-security/optee/optee-os-ti-overrides.inc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ inherit ti-secdev
 
 EXTRA_OEMAKE:remove = "CFG_MAP_EXT_DT_SECURE=y"
 
-EXTRA_OEMAKE:append:k3 = "${@ ' CFG_CONSOLE_UART='+ d.getVar('OPTEE_K3_USART') if d.getVar('OPTEE_K3_USART') else ''}"
+EXTRA_OEMAKE:append:k3 = " ${@ 'CFG_CONSOLE_UART='+ d.getVar('OPTEE_K3_USART') if d.getVar('OPTEE_K3_USART') else ''}"
 
 EXTRA_OEMAKE:append:am62xx = " CFG_TEE_CORE_LOG_LEVEL=1"
 EXTRA_OEMAKE:append:am62lxx = " CFG_TEE_CORE_LOG_LEVEL=1"