diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index 05fc4e2e7b3a06523cce6adde01fbdf03b8bdac0..9316e648a880db61cad82c399c30218695d7d215 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ $(BPFOBJ): force
 CLANG ?= clang
 LLC   ?= llc
 
-PROBE := $(shell llc -march=bpf -mcpu=probe -filetype=null /dev/null 2>&1)
+PROBE := $(shell $(LLC) -march=bpf -mcpu=probe -filetype=null /dev/null 2>&1)
 
 # Let newer LLVM versions transparently probe the kernel for availability
 # of full BPF instruction set.