diff --git a/cc/config/arm_device.go b/cc/config/arm_device.go
index 0f28d1e28..fda4f9d57 100644
--- a/cc/config/arm_device.go
+++ b/cc/config/arm_device.go
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ var (
 			"-D__ARM_FEATURE_LPAE=1",
 		},
 		"kryo": []string{
-			"-mcpu=cortex-a15",
+			// Use cortex-a53 because the GNU assembler doesn't recognize -mcpu=kryo
+			// even though clang does.
+			"-mcpu=cortex-a53",
 			"-mfpu=neon-fp-armv8",
 			// Fake an ARM compiler flag as these processors support LPAE which GCC/clang
 			// don't advertise.
@@ -158,10 +160,9 @@ func init() {
 	android.RegisterArchVariantFeatures(android.Arm, "armv7-a-neon", "neon")
 	android.RegisterArchVariantFeatures(android.Arm, "armv8-a", "neon")
 
-	// Krait and Kryo targets are not supported by GCC, but are supported by Clang,
-	// so override the definitions when building modules with Clang.
+	// Krait is not supported by GCC, but is supported by Clang, so
+	// override the definitions when building modules with Clang.
 	replaceFirst(armClangCpuVariantCflags["krait"], "-mcpu=cortex-a15", "-mcpu=krait")
-	replaceFirst(armClangCpuVariantCflags["kryo"], "-mcpu=cortex-a15", "-mcpu=krait")
 
 	// The reason we use "-march=armv8-a+crc", instead of "-march=armv8-a", for
 	// gcc is the latter would conflict with any specified/supported -mcpu!