diff --git a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_compat.c b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_compat.c
--- a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_compat.c
+++ b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_compat.c
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@
 		/* fetch user-space pointer */
 		data = *(void **)data;
 	}
-#if defined(__amd64__)
+#ifdef COMPAT_FREEBSD32
 	if (SV_PROC_FLAG(td->td_proc, SV_ILP32)) {
 		/* try the compat IOCTL handler first */
 		if (fop->compat_ioctl != NULL) {