diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1d06385038d9..a9230bccd043 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -483,11 +483,10 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(cc-name),clang)
 ifneq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
 CLANG_TRIPLE	?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)
-CLANG_TARGET	:= --target=$(notdir $(CLANG_TRIPLE:%-=%))
-ifeq ($(shell $(srctree)/scripts/clang-android.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_TARGET)), y)
+CLANG_FLAGS	:= --target=$(notdir $(CLANG_TRIPLE:%-=%))
+ifeq ($(shell $(srctree)/scripts/clang-android.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS)), y)
 $(error "Clang with Android --target detected. Did you specify CLANG_TRIPLE?")
 endif
-CLANG_FLAGS	:= --target=$(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE:%-=%))
 GCC_TOOLCHAIN_DIR := $(dir $(shell which $(LD)))
 CLANG_FLAGS	+= --prefix=$(GCC_TOOLCHAIN_DIR)
 GCC_TOOLCHAIN	:= $(realpath $(GCC_TOOLCHAIN_DIR)/..)