diff --git a/arch/sparc/Makefile b/arch/sparc/Makefile
index eddcfb36aafb7da6b7addc5fbb3b9e187022c512..cd2afcc6ecf5a430aa44797bb2aaf4fe482c421b 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sparc/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export BITS    := 32
 UTS_MACHINE    := sparc
 
 #KBUILD_CFLAGS += -g -pipe -fcall-used-g5 -fcall-used-g7
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += -m32 -pipe -mno-fpu -fcall-used-g5 -fcall-used-g7
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -m32 -mcpu=v7 -pipe -mno-fpu -fcall-used-g5 -fcall-used-g7
 KBUILD_AFLAGS += -m32 -Wa,-Av8
 
 #LDFLAGS_vmlinux = -N -Ttext 0xf0004000