diff --git a/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk b/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk
index 287f5e4976..1a68fa0aa9 100644
--- a/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk
+++ b/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ FFMPEG_CONF_OPTS += $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_EXTRACONF))
 
 ifneq ($(call qstrip,$(BR2_GCC_TARGET_CPU)),)
 FFMPEG_CONF_OPTS += --cpu=$(BR2_GCC_TARGET_CPU)
-else ifneq ($(call qstrip,$(BR2_GCC_TARGET_ARCH),)
+else ifneq ($(call qstrip,$(BR2_GCC_TARGET_ARCH)),)
 FFMPEG_CONF_OPTS += --cpu=$(BR2_GCC_TARGET_ARCH)
 endif