diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 41a9b4257b72..ba12b3a11e55 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ config ARM64
 	select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
 	select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
 	select GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY
-	select GENERIC_COMPAT_VDSO if (!CPU_BIG_ENDIAN && COMPAT)
+	select GENERIC_COMPAT_VDSO if (!CPU_BIG_ENDIAN && COMPAT && "$(CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT)" != "")
 	select HANDLE_DOMAIN_IRQ
 	select HARDIRQS_SW_RESEND
 	select HAVE_PCI
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
index 84a3d502c5a5..dfa6a5cb99e4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -53,20 +53,12 @@ $(warning Detected assembler with broken .inst; disassembly will be unreliable)
   endif
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_GENERIC_COMPAT_VDSO), y)
-  CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT ?= $(CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT_VDSO:"%"=%)
+COMPATCC ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT)gcc
+export COMPATCC
 
-  ifeq ($(CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG), y)
-    $(warning CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT is clang, the compat vDSO will not be built)
-  else ifeq ($(strip $(CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT)),)
-    $(warning CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT not defined or empty, the compat vDSO will not be built)
-  else ifeq ($(shell which $(CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT)gcc 2> /dev/null),)
-    $(error $(CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT)gcc not found, check CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT)
-  else
-    export CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT
-    export CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO := y
-    compat_vdso := -DCONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO=1
-  endif
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_GENERIC_COMPAT_VDSO), y)
+  export CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO := y
+  compat_vdso := -DCONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO=1
 endif
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -mgeneral-regs-only $(lseinstr) $(brokengasinst)	\
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
index 1fba0776ed40..19e0d3115ffe 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS := R_ARM_JUMP_SLOT|R_ARM_GLOB_DAT|R_ARM_ABS32
 include $(srctree)/lib/vdso/Makefile
 
-COMPATCC := $(CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT)gcc
-
 # Same as cc-*option, but using COMPATCC instead of CC
 cc32-option = $(call try-run,\
         $(COMPATCC) $(1) -c -x c /dev/null -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))