diff --git a/hotspot/src/cpu/aarch64/vm/vm_version_aarch64.cpp b/hotspot/src/cpu/aarch64/vm/vm_version_aarch64.cpp
index 76277df495b..164c1d840c4 100644
--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/aarch64/vm/vm_version_aarch64.cpp
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/aarch64/vm/vm_version_aarch64.cpp
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ void VM_Version::get_processor_features() {
     }
   } else if (UseSHA256Intrinsics) {
     warning("Intrinsics for SHA-224 and SHA-256 crypto hash functions not available on this CPU.");
-    FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(UseSHA1Intrinsics, false);
+    FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(UseSHA256Intrinsics, false);
   }
 
   if (UseSHA512Intrinsics) {