diff --git a/sys/modules/linux_common/Makefile b/sys/modules/linux_common/Makefile
index 6e67e7ab257..204cfe5059e 100644
--- a/sys/modules/linux_common/Makefile
+++ b/sys/modules/linux_common/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
-.PATH: ${SRCTOP}/sys/compat/linux ${SRCTOP}/sys/x86/linux
+.PATH: ${SRCTOP}/sys/compat/linux
+.if ${MACHINE_CPUARCH} == "amd64"
+.PATH: ${SRCTOP}/sys/x86/linux
+.endif
 
 KMOD=	linux_common
 SRCS=	linux_common.c linux_mib.c linux_mmap.c linux_util.c linux_emul.c \