diff --git a/boot/arm-trusted-firmware/arm-trusted-firmware.mk b/boot/arm-trusted-firmware/arm-trusted-firmware.mk
index bf1ac46cf6..34737018aa 100644
--- a/boot/arm-trusted-firmware/arm-trusted-firmware.mk
+++ b/boot/arm-trusted-firmware/arm-trusted-firmware.mk
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ endef
 endif
 
 ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_MAKE_TARGETS += \
-	$(BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_ADDITIONAL_TARGETS)
+	$(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_ADDITIONAL_TARGETS))
 
 define ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_BUILD_FIPTOOL)