diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1d5298356ea8c..42bfda209cb82 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -917,6 +917,9 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_RELR),y)
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux	+= --pack-dyn-relocs=relr
 endif
 
+# make the checker run with the right architecture
+CHECKFLAGS += --arch=$(ARCH)
+
 # insure the checker run with the right endianness
 CHECKFLAGS += $(if $(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN),-mbig-endian,-mlittle-endian)
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/vdso/Makefile b/arch/sparc/vdso/Makefile
index 324a23947585e..997ffe46e953a 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sparc/vdso/Makefile
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@ $(vobjs): KBUILD_CFLAGS := $(filter-out $(GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS) $(SPARC_REG_CFLAGS
 #
 # vDSO code runs in userspace and -pg doesn't help with profiling anyway.
 #
-CFLAGS_REMOVE_vdso-note.o = -pg
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_vclock_gettime.o = -pg
+CFLAGS_REMOVE_vdso32/vclock_gettime.o = -pg
 
 $(obj)/%.so: OBJCOPYFLAGS := -S
 $(obj)/%.so: $(obj)/%.so.dbg FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
 
-CPPFLAGS_vdso32.lds = $(CPPFLAGS_vdso.lds)
+CPPFLAGS_vdso32/vdso32.lds = $(CPPFLAGS_vdso.lds)
 VDSO_LDFLAGS_vdso32.lds = -m elf32_sparc -soname linux-gate.so.1
 
 #This makes sure the $(obj) subdirectory exists even though vdso32/