diff --git a/src/common/host_memory.cpp b/src/common/host_memory.cpp
index 413dd3e98..3a9ea6eb4 100644
--- a/src/common/host_memory.cpp
+++ b/src/common/host_memory.cpp
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ public:
         if (write) {
             flags |= PROT_WRITE;
         }
-#ifdef ARCHITECTURE_arm64
+#ifdef HAS_NCE
         if (execute) {
             flags |= PROT_EXEC;
         }