diff --git a/arch/s390/Makefile b/arch/s390/Makefile
index d78ad6885ca2..02bc948a4a56 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/Makefile
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ LD_BFD		:= elf64-s390
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS	:= -m elf64_s390
 KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE += -fPIC
 KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE += -fPIC
-KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= -m64
-KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -m64
+KBUILD_CPPFLAGS	+= -m64
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -fPIC
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux	:= $(call ld-option,-no-pie)
 extra_tools	:= relocs