diff --git a/arch/arm/crypto/Makefile b/arch/arm/crypto/Makefile
index 30ef8e291271..c9919c2b7ad1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/crypto/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/crypto/Makefile
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ crct10dif-arm-ce-y	:= crct10dif-ce-core.o crct10dif-ce-glue.o
 crc32-arm-ce-y:= crc32-ce-core.o crc32-ce-glue.o
 chacha20-neon-y := chacha20-neon-core.o chacha20-neon-glue.o
 
+ifdef REGENERATE_ARM_CRYPTO
 quiet_cmd_perl = PERL    $@
       cmd_perl = $(PERL) $(<) > $(@)
 
@@ -62,5 +63,6 @@ $(src)/sha256-core.S_shipped: $(src)/sha256-armv4.pl
 
 $(src)/sha512-core.S_shipped: $(src)/sha512-armv4.pl
 	$(call cmd,perl)
+endif
 
 .PRECIOUS: $(obj)/sha256-core.S $(obj)/sha512-core.S
diff --git a/arch/arm64/crypto/Makefile b/arch/arm64/crypto/Makefile
index cee9b8d9830b..dfe651bdf993 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/crypto/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/crypto/Makefile
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ CFLAGS_aes-glue-ce.o	:= -DUSE_V8_CRYPTO_EXTENSIONS
 $(obj)/aes-glue-%.o: $(src)/aes-glue.c FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_rule,cc_o_c)
 
+ifdef REGENERATE_ARM64_CRYPTO
 quiet_cmd_perlasm = PERLASM $@
       cmd_perlasm = $(PERL) $(<) void $(@)
 
@@ -75,5 +76,6 @@ $(src)/sha256-core.S_shipped: $(src)/sha512-armv8.pl
 
 $(src)/sha512-core.S_shipped: $(src)/sha512-armv8.pl
 	$(call cmd,perlasm)
+endif
 
 .PRECIOUS: $(obj)/sha256-core.S $(obj)/sha512-core.S