diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
index 60e19a3fc109..76b327f88fbb 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
@@ -8,21 +8,21 @@
 ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS := R_ARM_JUMP_SLOT|R_ARM_GLOB_DAT|R_ARM_ABS32
 include $(srctree)/lib/vdso/Makefile
 
-# Same as cc-*option, but using COMPATCC instead of CC
+# Same as cc-*option, but using CC_COMPAT instead of CC
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG), y)
-COMPATCC ?= $(CC)
+CC_COMPAT ?= $(CC)
 else
-COMPATCC ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT)gcc
+CC_COMPAT ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT)gcc
 endif
 
 cc32-option = $(call try-run,\
-        $(COMPATCC) $(1) -c -x c /dev/null -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
+        $(CC_COMPAT) $(1) -c -x c /dev/null -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
 cc32-disable-warning = $(call try-run,\
-	$(COMPATCC) -W$(strip $(1)) -c -x c /dev/null -o "$$TMP",-Wno-$(strip $(1)))
+	$(CC_COMPAT) -W$(strip $(1)) -c -x c /dev/null -o "$$TMP",-Wno-$(strip $(1)))
 cc32-ldoption = $(call try-run,\
-        $(COMPATCC) $(1) -nostdlib -x c /dev/null -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
+        $(CC_COMPAT) $(1) -nostdlib -x c /dev/null -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
 cc32-as-instr = $(call try-run,\
-	printf "%b\n" "$(1)" | $(COMPATCC) $(VDSO_AFLAGS) -c -x assembler -o "$$TMP" -,$(2),$(3))
+	printf "%b\n" "$(1)" | $(CC_COMPAT) $(VDSO_AFLAGS) -c -x assembler -o "$$TMP" -,$(2),$(3))
 
 # We cannot use the global flags to compile the vDSO files, the main reason
 # being that the 32-bit compiler may be older than the main (64-bit) compiler
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ cc32-as-instr = $(call try-run,\
 # As a result we set our own flags here.
 
 # KBUILD_CPPFLAGS and NOSTDINC_FLAGS from top-level Makefile
-VDSO_CPPFLAGS := -D__KERNEL__ -nostdinc -isystem $(shell $(COMPATCC) -print-file-name=include)
+VDSO_CPPFLAGS := -D__KERNEL__ -nostdinc -isystem $(shell $(CC_COMPAT) -print-file-name=include)
 VDSO_CPPFLAGS += $(LINUXINCLUDE)
 
 # Common C and assembly flags
 # From top-level Makefile
 VDSO_CAFLAGS := $(VDSO_CPPFLAGS)
-ifneq ($(shell $(COMPATCC) --version 2>&1 | head -n 1 | grep clang),)
+ifneq ($(shell $(CC_COMPAT) --version 2>&1 | head -n 1 | grep clang),)
 VDSO_CAFLAGS += --target=$(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT:%-=%))
 endif
 
@@ -171,14 +171,14 @@ quiet_cmd_vdsold_and_vdso_check = LD32    $@
       cmd_vdsold_and_vdso_check = $(cmd_vdsold); $(cmd_vdso_check)
 
 quiet_cmd_vdsold = LD32    $@
-      cmd_vdsold = $(COMPATCC) -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(VDSO_LDFLAGS) \
+      cmd_vdsold = $(CC_COMPAT) -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(VDSO_LDFLAGS) \
                    -Wl,-T $(filter %.lds,$^) $(filter %.o,$^) -o $@
 quiet_cmd_vdsocc = CC32    $@
-      cmd_vdsocc = $(COMPATCC) -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(VDSO_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+      cmd_vdsocc = $(CC_COMPAT) -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(VDSO_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 quiet_cmd_vdsocc_gettimeofday = CC32    $@
-      cmd_vdsocc_gettimeofday = $(COMPATCC) -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(VDSO_CFLAGS) $(VDSO_CFLAGS_gettimeofday_o) -c -o $@ $<
+      cmd_vdsocc_gettimeofday = $(CC_COMPAT) -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(VDSO_CFLAGS) $(VDSO_CFLAGS_gettimeofday_o) -c -o $@ $<
 quiet_cmd_vdsoas = AS32    $@
-      cmd_vdsoas = $(COMPATCC) -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(VDSO_AFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+      cmd_vdsoas = $(CC_COMPAT) -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(VDSO_AFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
 quiet_cmd_vdsomunge = MUNGE   $@
       cmd_vdsomunge = $(obj)/$(munge) $< $@