diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.S b/arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.S
index 7e5e1c28e56a..8967903c15e9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.S
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
 	.section ".text"
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_PPC64
+#ifndef __powerpc64__
 
 /* Routines for saving integer registers, called by the compiler.  */
 /* Called with r11 pointing to the stack header word of the caller of the */