diff --git a/package/gcc/gcc.mk b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
index 85cd7d429a..cbeaa6c581 100644
--- a/package/gcc/gcc.mk
+++ b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ endif
 ifneq ($(call qstrip,$(BR2_GCC_TARGET_ABI)),)
 HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPT += --with-abi=$(BR2_GCC_TARGET_ABI)
 endif
+# GCC doesn't support --with-cpu for bfin
+ifeq ($(BR2_bfin),)
 ifneq ($(call qstrip,$(BR2_GCC_TARGET_CPU)),)
 ifneq ($(call qstrip,$(BR2_GCC_TARGET_CPU_REVISION)),)
 HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPT += --with-cpu=$(call qstrip,$(BR2_GCC_TARGET_CPU)-$(BR2_GCC_TARGET_CPU_REVISION))
@@ -166,6 +168,7 @@ else
 HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPT += --with-cpu=$(call qstrip,$(BR2_GCC_TARGET_CPU))
 endif
 endif
+endif
 
 GCC_TARGET_FPU = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_GCC_TARGET_FPU))
 ifneq ($(GCC_TARGET_FPU),)