diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
index 0495b2f5ab89..f502570c6159 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -49,13 +49,6 @@ $(warning Detected assembler with broken .inst; disassembly will be unreliable)
   endif
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG), y)
-COMPATCC ?= $(CC) --target=$(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT:%-=%))
-else
-COMPATCC ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT)gcc
-endif
-export COMPATCC
-
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_GENERIC_COMPAT_VDSO), y)
   export CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO := y
   compat_vdso := -DCONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO=1
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
index 3e588e20320b..78be502c3dd9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS := R_ARM_JUMP_SLOT|R_ARM_GLOB_DAT|R_ARM_ABS32
 include $(srctree)/lib/vdso/Makefile
 
 # Same as cc-*option, but using COMPATCC instead of CC
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG), y)
+COMPATCC ?= $(CC) --target=$(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT:%-=%))
+else
+COMPATCC ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT)gcc
+endif
+
 cc32-option = $(call try-run,\
         $(COMPATCC) $(1) -c -x c /dev/null -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
 cc32-disable-warning = $(call try-run,\