diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 67a03a825b3c94bb894f0f557dac3bb520943e65..1f71a32aea78187601ecebddc2190c42e3c8f9a6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -462,10 +462,12 @@ BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)builtin-bench.o
 # Benchmark modules
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)bench/sched-messaging.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)bench/sched-pipe.o
-ifeq ($(RAW_ARCH),x86_64)
+ifeq ($(ARCH), x86)
+ifeq ($(IS_64_BIT), 1)
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)bench/mem-memcpy-x86-64-asm.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)bench/mem-memset-x86-64-asm.o
 endif
+endif
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)bench/mem-memcpy.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)bench/futex-hash.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)bench/futex-wake.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index 5d4b039fe1edc6ebf6f6dafec597e125383d0c4f..648e31ff4021c2e11520ab8b00e6f89213d324a9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ NO_PERF_REGS := 1
 
 # Additional ARCH settings for x86
 ifeq ($(ARCH),x86)
-  ifeq (${IS_X86_64}, 1)
+  ifeq (${IS_64_BIT}, 1)
     CFLAGS += -DHAVE_ARCH_X86_64_SUPPORT
     ARCH_INCLUDE = ../../arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S ../../arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S
     LIBUNWIND_LIBS = -lunwind -lunwind-x86_64
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile.arch b/tools/perf/config/Makefile.arch
index 851cd0172a7694a0e21fd18d07c79031d5f9b253..ff95a68741d1ccdb54e54d929f2292e88963a5d1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile.arch
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile.arch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 uname_M := $(shell uname -m 2>/dev/null || echo not)
 
-ARCH ?= $(shell echo $(uname_M) | sed -e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ \
+RAW_ARCH := $(shell echo $(uname_M) | sed -e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ \
                                   -e s/arm.*/arm/ -e s/sa110/arm/ \
                                   -e s/s390x/s390/ -e s/parisc64/parisc/ \
                                   -e s/ppc.*/powerpc/ -e s/mips.*/mips/ \
@@ -9,23 +9,23 @@ ARCH ?= $(shell echo $(uname_M) | sed -e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ \
                                   -e s/tile.*/tile/ )
 
 # Additional ARCH settings for x86
-ifeq ($(ARCH),i386)
-  override ARCH := x86
+ifeq ($(RAW_ARCH),i386)
+  ARCH ?= x86
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(ARCH),x86_64)
-  override ARCH := x86
-  IS_X86_64 := 0
-  ifeq (, $(findstring m32,$(CFLAGS)))
-    IS_X86_64 := $(shell echo __x86_64__ | ${CC} -E -x c - | tail -n 1)
-    RAW_ARCH := x86_64
+ifeq ($(RAW_ARCH),x86_64)
+  ARCH ?= x86
+
+  ifneq (, $(findstring m32,$(CFLAGS)))
+    RAW_ARCH := x86_32
   endif
 endif
 
-ifeq (${IS_X86_64}, 1)
+ARCH ?= $(RAW_ARCH)
+
+LP64 := $(shell echo __LP64__ | ${CC} ${CFLAGS} -E -x c - | tail -n 1)
+ifeq ($(LP64), 1)
   IS_64_BIT := 1
-else ifeq ($(ARCH),x86)
-  IS_64_BIT := 0
 else
-  IS_64_BIT := $(shell echo __LP64__ | ${CC} ${CFLAGS} -E -x c - | tail -n 1)
+  IS_64_BIT := 0
 endif