diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 40bbeeeb5b4a..4b16588c920f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ endif
 endif
 endif
 
+ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_32
+KBUILD_CFLAGS		+= -mcpu=powerpc
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
 KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := $(shell uname -m)_defconfig
 else
@@ -241,10 +245,6 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-dwarf2-cfi-asm)
 # often slow when they are implemented at all
 KBUILD_CFLAGS		+= $(call cc-option,-mno-string)
 
-ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_32
-KBUILD_CFLAGS		+= -mcpu=powerpc
-endif
-
 cpu-as-$(CONFIG_4xx)		+= -Wa,-m405
 cpu-as-$(CONFIG_ALTIVEC)	+= $(call as-option,-Wa$(comma)-maltivec)
 cpu-as-$(CONFIG_E200)		+= -Wa,-me200