diff --git a/plat/arm/board/rdv1mc/platform.mk b/plat/arm/board/rdv1mc/platform.mk
index fb05793..06a2047 100644
--- a/plat/arm/board/rdv1mc/platform.mk
+++ b/plat/arm/board/rdv1mc/platform.mk
@@ -68,3 +68,8 @@
 $(eval $(call TOOL_ADD_PAYLOAD,${NT_FW_CONFIG},--nt-fw-config,${NT_FW_CONFIG}))
 
 override CTX_INCLUDE_AARCH32_REGS	:= 0
+
+ifneq ($(CSS_SGI_PLATFORM_VARIANT),0)
+ $(error "CSS_SGI_PLATFORM_VARIANT for RD-V1-MC should always be 0, \
+     currently set to ${CSS_SGI_PLATFORM_VARIANT}.")
+endif