diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 8fc8f94ef5f54a8f3b9360bc51b715177429e9a0..8f6e7eb8ae9fc2342b79cb0fc65de922dee11f2e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -175,10 +175,6 @@ ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
   endif
 endif
 
-ifndef CC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO
-  $(error Compiler lacks asm-goto support.)
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS), 1)
 	# This compiler flag is not supported by Clang:
 	KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-maccumulate-outgoing-args,)
@@ -300,6 +296,13 @@ PHONY += vdso_install
 vdso_install:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/x86/entry/vdso $@
 
+archprepare: checkbin
+checkbin:
+ifndef CC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO
+	@echo Compiler lacks asm-goto support.
+	@exit 1
+endif
+
 archclean:
 	$(Q)rm -rf $(objtree)/arch/i386
 	$(Q)rm -rf $(objtree)/arch/x86_64