diff --git a/tools/toolchains/arm.py b/tools/toolchains/arm.py
index a54c27d945..2c621fb186 100644
--- a/tools/toolchains/arm.py
+++ b/tools/toolchains/arm.py
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ class ARMC6(ARM_STD):
         self.SHEBANG += " -mcpu=%s" % cpu
 
         # FPU handling
-        if core == "Cortex-M4" or core == "Cortex-M7" or "core" == "Cortex-M33":
+        if core == "Cortex-M4" or core == "Cortex-M7" or core == "Cortex-M33":
             self.flags['common'].append("-mfpu=none")
         elif core == "Cortex-M4F":
             self.flags['common'].append("-mfpu=fpv4-sp-d16")