diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8897b63e8dc1..8bd6b9b77ada 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 25dfeeb757bdf06521d65973676b21dac1d26d20
+refs/heads/master: 4ba7e5cd499a72983e6d011e76c1d8fad896d310
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/Makefile b/trunk/arch/x86/Makefile
index 0c5b4072d134..bfe061de8ed6 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -15,18 +15,15 @@ export BITS
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_X86_32),y)
         BITS := 32
         UTS_MACHINE := i386
+        CHECKFLAGS += -D__i386__
 
-        HAS_BIARCH := $(call cc-option-yn, -m32)
-        ifeq ($(HAS_BIARCH),y)
-                AS := $(AS) --32
-                LD := $(LD) -m elf_i386
-                CC := $(CC) -m32
-        endif
+        biarch := $(call cc-option,-m32)
+        KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(biarch)
+        KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(biarch)
 
         ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
                 LDFLAGS_vmlinux := --emit-relocs
         endif
-        CHECKFLAGS += -D__i386__
 
         KBUILD_CFLAGS += -msoft-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return
 
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/boot/Makefile b/trunk/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
index 7a3116ccf387..dcad6507f196 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
@@ -49,10 +49,7 @@ HOSTCFLAGS_build.o := $(LINUXINCLUDE)
 
 # How to compile the 16-bit code.  Note we always compile for -march=i386,
 # that way we can complain to the user if the CPU is insufficient.
-cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_32) :=
-cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_64) := -m32
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	:= $(LINUXINCLUDE) -g -Os -D_SETUP -D__KERNEL__ \
-		   $(cflags-y) \
 		   -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes \
 		   -march=i386 -mregparm=3 \
 		   -include $(srctree)/$(src)/code16gcc.h \
@@ -62,6 +59,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS	:= $(LINUXINCLUDE) -g -Os -D_SETUP -D__KERNEL__ \
 			$(call cc-option, -fno-unit-at-a-time)) \
 		   $(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector) \
 		   $(call cc-option, -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS +=   $(call cc-option,-m32)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	:= $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -D__ASSEMBLY__
 
 $(obj)/zImage:  IMAGE_OFFSET := 0x1000