diff --git a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/Makefile.mk b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/Makefile.mk
index 82a907644e..9d00a2e196 100644
--- a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/Makefile.mk
+++ b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/Makefile.mk
@@ -60,9 +60,8 @@ DRAM_CBFS := $(CONFIG_CBFS_PREFIX)/dram
 $(DRAM_CBFS)-file := $(MT8196_BLOB_DIR)/dram.elf
 $(DRAM_CBFS)-type := stage
 $(DRAM_CBFS)-compression := $(CBFS_PRERAM_COMPRESS_FLAG)
-ifneq ($(wildcard $($(DRAM_CBFS)-file)),)
-	cbfs-files-y += $(DRAM_CBFS)
-endif
+cbfs-files-y += $(DRAM_CBFS)
+
 $(objcbfs)/bootblock.bin: $(objcbfs)/bootblock.raw.bin
 	./util/mtkheader/gen-bl-img.py mt8196 sf $< $@