diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug b/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug
index 3efe117721aad002edba89fa9be77e25c4230e4d..fd7124c1b75a01b74091cb51112c22501adc2f6a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug
@@ -6,18 +6,6 @@ config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
 
 source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
 
-config CROSSCOMPILE
-	bool "Are you using a crosscompiler"
-	help
-	  Say Y here if you are compiling the kernel on a different
-	  architecture than the one it is intended to run on.  This is just a
-	  convenience option which will select the appropriate value for
-	  the CROSS_COMPILE make variable which otherwise has to be passed on
-	  the command line from mips-linux-, mipsel-linux-, mips64-linux- and
-	  mips64el-linux- as appropriate for a particular kernel configuration.
-	  You will have to pass the value for CROSS_COMPILE manually if the
-	  name prefix for your tools is different.
-
 config CMDLINE
 	string "Default kernel command string"
 	default ""
diff --git a/arch/mips/Makefile b/arch/mips/Makefile
index 14164c2b8791f00f13ae22b5c74e7b750ba7df11..23c17755eca07a0b6e46f416da5316e3e6638984 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/Makefile
@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@ cflags-y :=
 # Select the object file format to substitute into the linker script.
 #
 ifdef CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
-32bit-tool-prefix	= mipsel-linux-
-64bit-tool-prefix	= mips64el-linux-
+32bit-tool-archpref	= mipsel
+64bit-tool-archpref	= mips64el
 32bit-bfd		= elf32-tradlittlemips
 64bit-bfd		= elf64-tradlittlemips
 32bit-emul		= elf32ltsmip
 64bit-emul		= elf64ltsmip
 else
-32bit-tool-prefix	= mips-linux-
-64bit-tool-prefix	= mips64-linux-
+32bit-tool-archpref	= mips
+64bit-tool-archpref	= mips64
 32bit-bfd		= elf32-tradbigmips
 64bit-bfd		= elf64-tradbigmips
 32bit-emul		= elf32btsmip
@@ -34,16 +34,18 @@ else
 endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_32BIT
-tool-prefix		= $(32bit-tool-prefix)
+tool-archpref		= $(32bit-tool-archpref)
 UTS_MACHINE		:= mips
 endif
 ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
-tool-prefix		= $(64bit-tool-prefix)
+tool-archpref		= $(64bit-tool-archpref)
 UTS_MACHINE		:= mips64
 endif
 
-ifdef CONFIG_CROSSCOMPILE
-CROSS_COMPILE		:= $(tool-prefix)
+ifneq ($(SUBARCH),$(ARCH))
+  ifeq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
+    CROSS_COMPILE := $(call cc-cross-prefix, $(tool-archpref)-linux-  $(tool-archpref)-gnu-linux-  $(tool-archpref)-unknown-gnu-linux-)
+  endif
 endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_32BIT