diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h
index ecb544e65382..e04740f7a0bb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 #include <linux/irqflags.h>
 
 /* entries in ARCH_DLINFO: */
-#ifdef CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION
+#if defined(CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION) || !defined(CONFIG_X86_64)
 # define AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH 2
-#else
+#else /* else it's non-compat x86-64 */
 # define AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH 1
 #endif