diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index 933f393810394ee8ec36bdd4feda62c7f6760716..3209c208f3b367524026200cf41447b973f9e1ff 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -131,8 +131,13 @@ $(shell $(1) -v -E - </dev/null 2>&1 \
 	| sed -n '/<...> search starts here:/,/End of search list./{ s| \(/.*\)|-idirafter \1|p }')
 endef
 
+# Determine target endianness.
+IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN = $(shell $(CC) -dM -E - </dev/null | \
+			grep 'define __BYTE_ORDER__ __ORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN__')
+MENDIAN=$(if $(IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN),-mlittle-endian,-mbig-endian)
+
 CLANG_SYS_INCLUDES = $(call get_sys_includes,$(CLANG))
-BPF_CFLAGS = -g -D__TARGET_ARCH_$(SRCARCH) 				\
+BPF_CFLAGS = -g -D__TARGET_ARCH_$(SRCARCH) $(MENDIAN) 			\
 	     -I. -I./include/uapi -I$(APIDIR)				\
 	     -I$(BPFDIR) -I$(abspath $(OUTPUT)/../usr/include)
 
@@ -271,12 +276,8 @@ $(eval $(call DEFINE_TEST_RUNNER,test_progs,no_alu32))
 
 # Define test_progs BPF-GCC-flavored test runner.
 ifneq ($(BPF_GCC),)
-IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN = $(shell $(CC) -dM -E - </dev/null | \
-			grep 'define __BYTE_ORDER__ __ORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN__')
-MENDIAN=$(if $(IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN),-mlittle-endian,-mbig-endian)
-
 TRUNNER_BPF_BUILD_RULE := GCC_BPF_BUILD_RULE
-TRUNNER_BPF_CFLAGS := $(BPF_CFLAGS) $(call get_sys_includes,gcc) $(MENDIAN)
+TRUNNER_BPF_CFLAGS := $(BPF_CFLAGS) $(call get_sys_includes,gcc)
 TRUNNER_BPF_LDFLAGS :=
 $(eval $(call DEFINE_TEST_RUNNER,test_progs,bpf_gcc))
 endif