--- a/library/common.h
+++ b/library/common.h
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static inline void mbedtls_xor(unsigned
         uint8x16_t x = veorq_u8(v1, v2);
         vst1q_u8(r + i, x);
     }
-#if defined(__IAR_SYSTEMS_ICC__)
+#if defined(__IAR_SYSTEMS_ICC__) || (defined(MBEDTLS_COMPILER_IS_GCC) && MBEDTLS_GCC_VERSION >= 140100)
     /* This if statement helps some compilers (e.g., IAR) optimise out the byte-by-byte tail case
      * where n is a constant multiple of 16.
      * For other compilers (e.g. recent gcc and clang) it makes no difference if n is a compile-time
