1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/sparc/Makefile b/arch/sparc/Makefile
index 9592889a6fd0..c5f3d6fe8a67 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sparc/Makefile
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@
 # Uncomment the first KBUILD_CFLAGS if you are doing kgdb source level
 # debugging of the kernel to get the proper debugging information.
 
-AS              := $(AS) -32
-LDFLAGS         := -m elf32_sparc
-CHECKFLAGS      += -D__sparc__
+AS             := $(AS) -32
+LDFLAGS        := -m elf32_sparc
+CHECKFLAGS     += -D__sparc__
+export BITS    := 32
 
 #KBUILD_CFLAGS += -g -pipe -fcall-used-g5 -fcall-used-g7
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -m32 -pipe -mno-fpu -fcall-used-g5 -fcall-used-g7