diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 61741e9d9c6e..79284e3383c2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -404,6 +404,11 @@ ifeq ($(ARCH),sparc64)
        SRCARCH := sparc
 endif
 
+# Additional ARCH settings for parisc
+ifeq ($(ARCH),parisc64)
+       SRCARCH := parisc
+endif
+
 export cross_compiling :=
 ifneq ($(SRCARCH),$(SUBARCH))
 cross_compiling := 1
diff --git a/arch/parisc/Makefile b/arch/parisc/Makefile
index 6c27940eff03..fcde3ffa0221 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/parisc/Makefile
@@ -25,18 +25,18 @@ CHECKFLAGS	+= -D__hppa__=1
 ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
 UTS_MACHINE	:= parisc64
 CHECKFLAGS	+= -D__LP64__=1
-CC_ARCHES	= hppa64
 LD_BFD		:= elf64-hppa-linux
 else # 32-bit
-CC_ARCHES	= hppa hppa2.0 hppa1.1
 LD_BFD		:= elf32-hppa-linux
 endif
 
 # select defconfig based on actual architecture
-ifeq ($(shell uname -m),parisc64)
+ifeq ($(ARCH),parisc64)
 	KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := generic-64bit_defconfig
+	CC_ARCHES := hppa64
 else
 	KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := generic-32bit_defconfig
+	CC_ARCHES := hppa hppa2.0 hppa1.1
 endif
 
 export LD_BFD
diff --git a/scripts/subarch.include b/scripts/subarch.include
index 650682821126..776849a3c500 100644
--- a/scripts/subarch.include
+++ b/scripts/subarch.include
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 SUBARCH := $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/x86/ -e s/x86_64/x86/ \
 				  -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ \
 				  -e s/arm.*/arm/ -e s/sa110/arm/ \
-				  -e s/s390x/s390/ -e s/parisc64/parisc/ \
+				  -e s/s390x/s390/ \
 				  -e s/ppc.*/powerpc/ -e s/mips.*/mips/ \
 				  -e s/sh[234].*/sh/ -e s/aarch64.*/arm64/ \
 				  -e s/riscv.*/riscv/)