diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index ed1d82c9f1dfab410a38a4191e51861aca95d98d..b2ce83c2e84c5dfd4c402864c26973760376b59e 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ config CLANG_VERSION
 	default $(shell,$(srctree)/scripts/clang-version.sh $(CC))
 
 config CC_CAN_LINK
-	def_bool $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/cc-can-link.sh $(CC))
+	bool
+	default $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/cc-can-link.sh $(CC) $(m64-flag)) if 64BIT
+	default $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/cc-can-link.sh $(CC) $(m32-flag))
 
 config CC_HAS_ASM_GOTO
 	def_bool $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/gcc-goto.sh $(CC))
diff --git a/net/bpfilter/Makefile b/net/bpfilter/Makefile
index 36580301da70d701f6c3e42019f3a19477d53372..f6209e4827b9e67ea3fd146ba6d9f78c081bc77f 100644
--- a/net/bpfilter/Makefile
+++ b/net/bpfilter/Makefile
@@ -5,14 +5,15 @@
 
 hostprogs := bpfilter_umh
 bpfilter_umh-objs := main.o
-KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS += -I $(srctree)/tools/include/ -I $(srctree)/tools/include/uapi
+KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS += -I $(srctree)/tools/include/ -I $(srctree)/tools/include/uapi \
+			$(filter -m32 -m64, $(KBUILD_CFLAGS))
 HOSTCC := $(CC)
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_BPFILTER_UMH), y)
 # builtin bpfilter_umh should be compiled with -static
 # since rootfs isn't mounted at the time of __init
 # function is called and do_execv won't find elf interpreter
-KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS += -static
+KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS += -static $(filter -m32 -m64, $(KBUILD_CFLAGS))
 endif
 
 $(obj)/bpfilter_umh_blob.o: $(obj)/bpfilter_umh
diff --git a/usr/include/Makefile b/usr/include/Makefile
index 5a7ee3e5ed869066d479fad6730c933a6bf04762..55362f3ab393017df8828411db2b9f8fd4be191c 100644
--- a/usr/include/Makefile
+++ b/usr/include/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 # We cannot go as far as adding -Wpedantic since it emits too many warnings.
 UAPI_CFLAGS := -std=c90 -Wall -Werror=implicit-function-declaration
 
+# In theory, we do not care -m32 or -m64 for header compile tests.
+# It is here just because CONFIG_CC_CAN_LINK is tested with -m32 or -m64.
+UAPI_CFLAGS += $(filter -m32 -m64, $(KBUILD_CFLAGS))
+
 override c_flags = $(UAPI_CFLAGS) -Wp,-MMD,$(depfile) -I$(objtree)/usr/include
 
 # The following are excluded for now because they fail to build.