diff --git a/libgcc/ChangeLog b/libgcc/ChangeLog
index 06903c2536a..323e80dadd8 100644
--- a/libgcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/libgcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2020-01-16  Mihail-Calin Ionescu  <mihail.ionescu@arm.com>
+2020-01-16  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
+
+	* config/arm/t-arm: Check return value of gcc rather than lack of
+	output.
+
 2020-01-14  Georg-Johann Lay  <avr@gjlay.de>
 
 	* config/avr/lib1funcs.S (skip): Simplify.
diff --git a/libgcc/config/arm/t-arm b/libgcc/config/arm/t-arm
index 274bf2a8ef3..f2b927f3686 100644
--- a/libgcc/config/arm/t-arm
+++ b/libgcc/config/arm/t-arm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ LIB1ASMFUNCS = _thumb1_case_sqi _thumb1_case_uqi _thumb1_case_shi \
 	_thumb1_case_uhi _thumb1_case_si _speculation_barrier
 
 HAVE_CMSE:=$(findstring __ARM_FEATURE_CMSE,$(shell $(gcc_compile_bare) -dM -E - </dev/null))
-ifneq ($(shell $(gcc_compile_bare) -E -mcmse - </dev/null 2>/dev/null),)
+ifeq ($(shell $(gcc_compile_bare) -E -mcmse - </dev/null >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; echo $?),0)
 CMSE_OPTS:=-mcmse
 endif