diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wan/Kconfig
index 4530840e15ef..dbc0e3f7a3e2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/Kconfig
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ config WANXL_BUILD_FIRMWARE
 	depends on WANXL && !PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD
 	help
 	  Allows you to rebuild firmware run by the QUICC processor.
-	  It requires as68k, ld68k and hexdump programs.
+	  It requires m68k toolchains and hexdump programs.
 
 	  You should never need this option, say N.
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/Makefile b/drivers/net/wan/Makefile
index 701f5d2fe3b6..995277c657a1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/Makefile
@@ -40,17 +40,17 @@ $(obj)/wanxl.o:	$(obj)/wanxlfw.inc
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_WANXL_BUILD_FIRMWARE),y)
 ifeq ($(ARCH),m68k)
-  AS68K = $(AS)
-  LD68K = $(LD)
+  M68KAS = $(AS)
+  M68KLD = $(LD)
 else
-  AS68K = as68k
-  LD68K = ld68k
+  M68KAS = $(CROSS_COMPILE_M68K)as
+  M68KLD = $(CROSS_COMPILE_M68K)ld
 endif
 
 quiet_cmd_build_wanxlfw = BLD FW  $@
       cmd_build_wanxlfw = \
-	$(CPP) -D__ASSEMBLY__ -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) -I$(srctree)/include/uapi $< | $(AS68K) -m68360 -o $(obj)/wanxlfw.o; \
-	$(LD68K) --oformat binary -Ttext 0x1000 $(obj)/wanxlfw.o -o $(obj)/wanxlfw.bin; \
+	$(CPP) -D__ASSEMBLY__ -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) -I$(srctree)/include/uapi $< | $(M68KAS) -m68360 -o $(obj)/wanxlfw.o; \
+	$(M68KLD) --oformat binary -Ttext 0x1000 $(obj)/wanxlfw.o -o $(obj)/wanxlfw.bin; \
 	hexdump -ve '"\n" 16/1 "0x%02X,"' $(obj)/wanxlfw.bin | sed 's/0x  ,//g;1s/^/static const u8 firmware[]={/;$$s/,$$/\n};\n/' >$(obj)/wanxlfw.inc; \
 	rm -f $(obj)/wanxlfw.bin $(obj)/wanxlfw.o