diff --git a/docs/components/secure-partition-manager-mm.rst b/docs/components/secure-partition-manager-mm.rst
index 30312ee..4cdb96c 100644
--- a/docs/components/secure-partition-manager-mm.rst
+++ b/docs/components/secure-partition-manager-mm.rst
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@
 the rest of this document.
 
 To enable SPM support in TF-A, the source code must be compiled with the build
-flag ``SPM_MM=1``, along with ``EL3_EXCEPTION_HANDLING=1``. On Arm
-platforms the build option ``ARM_BL31_IN_DRAM`` must be set to 1. Also, the
+flag ``SPM_MM=1``, along with ``EL3_EXCEPTION_HANDLING=1`` and ``ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS=0``.
+On Arm platforms the build option ``ARM_BL31_IN_DRAM`` must be set to 1. Also, the
 location of the binary that contains the BL32 image
 (``BL32=path/to/image.bin``) must be specified.
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
 .. code:: shell
 
     BL32=path/to/standalone/mm/sp BL33=path/to/bl33.bin \
-    make PLAT=fvp SPM_MM=1 EL3_EXCEPTION_HANDLING=1 ARM_BL31_IN_DRAM=1 all fip
+    make PLAT=fvp SPM_MM=1 EL3_EXCEPTION_HANDLING=1 ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS=0 ARM_BL31_IN_DRAM=1 all fip
 
 Describing Secure Partition resources
 -------------------------------------
diff --git a/docs/getting_started/build-options.rst b/docs/getting_started/build-options.rst
index e7ffd94..7662a14 100644
--- a/docs/getting_started/build-options.rst
+++ b/docs/getting_started/build-options.rst
@@ -305,8 +305,8 @@
    ENABLE_SME_FOR_SWD=1 will cause SME, SVE, and FPU/SIMD instructions in secure
    world to trap to EL3. SME is an optional architectural feature for AArch64
    and TF-A support is experimental. At this time, this build option cannot be
-   used on systems that have SPD=spmd or ENABLE_RME, and attempting to build
-   with these options will fail. Default is 0.
+   used on systems that have SPD=spmd/SPM_MM or ENABLE_RME, and attempting to
+   build with these options will fail. Default is 0.
 
 -  ``ENABLE_SME_FOR_SWD``: Boolean option to enable the Scalable Matrix
    Extension for secure world use along with SVE and FPU/SIMD, ENABLE_SME_FOR_NS
@@ -329,7 +329,8 @@
    compatible with the ``CTX_INCLUDE_FPREGS`` build option, and will raise an
    assert on platforms where SVE is implemented and ``ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS`` set to
    1. The default is 1 but is automatically disabled when ENABLE_SME_FOR_NS=1
-   since SME encompasses SVE.
+   since SME encompasses SVE. At this time, this build option cannot be used on
+   systems that have SPM_MM enabled.
 
 -  ``ENABLE_SVE_FOR_SWD``: Boolean option to enable SVE for the Secure world.
    SVE is an optional architectural feature for AArch64. Note that this option
diff --git a/services/std_svc/spm_mm/spm_mm.mk b/services/std_svc/spm_mm/spm_mm.mk
index 656488b..a87bdd8 100644
--- a/services/std_svc/spm_mm/spm_mm.mk
+++ b/services/std_svc/spm_mm/spm_mm.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
 ifneq (${ARCH},aarch64)
         $(error "Error: SPM_MM is only supported on aarch64.")
 endif
+ifeq (${ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS},1)
+        $(error "Error: SPM_MM is not compatible with ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS")
+endif
+ifeq (${ENABLE_SME_FOR_NS},1)
+        $(error "Error: SPM_MM is not compatible with ENABLE_SME_FOR_NS")
+endif
 
 SPM_SOURCES	:=	$(addprefix services/std_svc/spm_mm/,	\
 			${ARCH}/spm_mm_helpers.S			\