diff --git a/docs/plat/marvell/armada/build.rst b/docs/plat/marvell/armada/build.rst
index c9f5e8224b47d1321daff146910ab31a82657962..fcc74a51e2d6211b1c668de3b289ba91ffd48316 100644
--- a/docs/plat/marvell/armada/build.rst
+++ b/docs/plat/marvell/armada/build.rst
@@ -129,15 +129,13 @@ There are several build options:
 
 - MV_DDR_PATH
 
+        This parameter is required for ``mrvl_flash`` and ``mrvl_uart`` targets.
+
         For A7K/8K/CN913x, use this parameter to point to mv_ddr driver sources to allow BLE build. For A37x0,
         it is used for ddr_tool build.
 
         Usage example: MV_DDR_PATH=path/to/mv_ddr
 
-        The parameter is optional for A7K/8K/CN913x, when this parameter is not set, the mv_ddr
-        sources are expected to be located at: drivers/marvell/mv_ddr. However, the parameter
-        is necessary for A37x0.
-
         For the mv_ddr source location, check the section "Tools and external components installation"
 
         If MV_DDR_PATH source code is a git snapshot then provide path to the full git
diff --git a/plat/marvell/armada/a8k/common/ble/ble.mk b/plat/marvell/armada/a8k/common/ble/ble.mk
index d6d72c15d07504930acf0ae5c887242a9aaede04..6ca18fdb8bd7ce0dbfce1767b6327d72ed0df0d7 100644
--- a/plat/marvell/armada/a8k/common/ble/ble.mk
+++ b/plat/marvell/armada/a8k/common/ble/ble.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier:     BSD-3-Clause
 # https://spdx.org/licenses
 
-MV_DDR_PATH		?=	drivers/marvell/mv_ddr
-
 MV_DDR_LIB		=	$(BUILD_PLAT)/ble/mv_ddr_lib.a
 LIBC_LIB		=	$(BUILD_PLAT)/lib/libc.a
 BLE_LIBS		=	$(MV_DDR_LIB) $(LIBC_LIB)
@@ -28,4 +26,7 @@ PLAT_INCLUDES		+= 	-I$(MV_DDR_PATH)				\
 BLE_LINKERFILE		:=	$(BLE_PATH)/ble.ld.S
 
 $(MV_DDR_LIB): FORCE
+	$(if $(value MV_DDR_PATH),,$(error "Platform '$(PLAT)' for BLE requires MV_DDR_PATH. Please set MV_DDR_PATH to point to the right directory"))
+	$(if $(wildcard $(value MV_DDR_PATH)/*),,$(error "'MV_DDR_PATH=$(value MV_DDR_PATH)' was specified, but '$(value MV_DDR_PATH)' directory does not exist"))
+	$(if $(shell git -C $(value MV_DDR_PATH) rev-parse --show-cdup 2>&1),$(error "'MV_DDR_PATH=$(value MV_DDR_PATH)' was specified, but '$(value MV_DDR_PATH)' does not contain valid mv-ddr-marvell git repository"))
 	@+make -C $(MV_DDR_PATH) --no-print-directory PLAT_INCLUDES="$(PLAT_INCLUDES)" PLATFORM=$(PLAT) ARCH=AARCH64 OBJ_DIR=$(BUILD_PLAT)/ble