diff --git a/packages/linux/package.mk b/packages/linux/package.mk
index 9bc0e1d766..f69e30c271 100644
--- a/packages/linux/package.mk
+++ b/packages/linux/package.mk
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ PKG_IS_KERNEL_PKG="yes"
 
 if [ "$TARGET_KERNEL_ARCH" = "arm64" -a "$TARGET_ARCH" = "arm" ]; then
   PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="$PKG_DEPENDS_HOST gcc-linaro-aarch64-elf:host"
-  PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="$PKG_DEPENDS_HOST gcc-linaro-aarch64-elf:host"
+  PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="$PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET gcc-linaro-aarch64-elf:host"
   TARGET_PREFIX=$TOOLCHAIN/lib/gcc-linaro-aarch64-elf/bin/aarch64-elf-
   HEADERS_ARCH=$TARGET_ARCH
 fi