diff --git a/bl31/ehf.c b/bl31/ehf.c
index 6f3d941..5b78ebb 100644
--- a/bl31/ehf.c
+++ b/bl31/ehf.c
@@ -478,13 +478,10 @@
 	/* Route EL3 interrupts when in Non-secure. */
 	set_interrupt_rm_flag(flags, NON_SECURE);
 
-	/*
-	 * Route EL3 interrupts when in secure, only when SPMC is not present
-	 * in S-EL2.
-	 */
-#if !(defined(SPD_spmd) && (SPMD_SPM_AT_SEL2 == 1))
+	/* Route EL3 interrupts only when SPM_MM present in secure. */
+#if SPM_MM
 	set_interrupt_rm_flag(flags, SECURE);
-#endif /* !(defined(SPD_spmd) && (SPMD_SPM_AT_SEL2 == 1)) */
+#endif
 
 	/* Register handler for EL3 interrupts */
 	ret = register_interrupt_type_handler(INTR_TYPE_EL3,
diff --git a/include/bl31/interrupt_mgmt.h b/include/bl31/interrupt_mgmt.h
index 21af112..8b9dfb6 100644
--- a/include/bl31/interrupt_mgmt.h
+++ b/include/bl31/interrupt_mgmt.h
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@
 
 static inline int32_t validate_el3_interrupt_rm(uint32_t x)
 {
-#if EL3_EXCEPTION_HANDLING && !(defined(SPD_spmd) && (SPMD_SPM_AT_SEL2 == 1))
+#if EL3_EXCEPTION_HANDLING && SPM_MM
 	/*
 	 * With EL3 exception handling, EL3 interrupts are always routed to EL3
-	 * from both Secure and Non-secure, when the SPMC does not live in S-EL2.
+	 * from Non-secure and from secure only if SPM_MM is present.
 	 * Therefore INTR_EL3_VALID_RM1 is the only valid routing model.
 	 */
 	if (x == INTR_EL3_VALID_RM1)