diff --git a/arch/m68k/Makefile b/arch/m68k/Makefile
index cf318f20c64d..41b3bc926bb1 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/Makefile
+++ b/arch/m68k/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@
 
 KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := multi_defconfig
 
+ifneq ($(SUBARCH),$(ARCH))
+	ifeq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
+		CROSS_COMPILE := $(call cc-cross-prefix, \
+			m68k-linux-gnu- m68k-linux- m68k-unknown-linux-gnu-)
+	endif
+endif
+
 #
 #	Enable processor type. Ordering of these is important - we want to
 #	use the minimum processor type of the range we support. The logic
@@ -62,12 +69,6 @@ endif
 
 LDFLAGS := -m m68kelf
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE += -T $(srctree)/arch/m68k/kernel/module.lds
-ifneq ($(SUBARCH),$(ARCH))
-	ifeq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
-		CROSS_COMPILE := $(call cc-cross-prefix, \
-			m68k-linux-gnu- m68k-linux- m68k-unknown-linux-gnu-)
-	endif
-endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_SUN3
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux = -N