diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 5128b178529f..7983c420eaf2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_X86_32),y)
 
         # Disable unit-at-a-time mode on pre-gcc-4.0 compilers, it makes gcc use
         # a lot more stack due to the lack of sharing of stacklots:
-        KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(shell if [ $(call cc-version) -lt 0400 ] ; then \
-                echo $(call cc-option,-fno-unit-at-a-time); fi ;)
+        KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-ifversion, -lt, 0400, \
+				$(call cc-option,-fno-unit-at-a-time))
 
         # CPU-specific tuning. Anything which can be shared with UML should go here.
         include $(srctree)/arch/x86/Makefile_32.cpu