diff --git a/sys/conf/kmod.mk b/sys/conf/kmod.mk
--- a/sys/conf/kmod.mk
+++ b/sys/conf/kmod.mk
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@
 CLEANFILES+=	export_syms
 .endif
 
-.if exists(${SYSDIR}/conf/ldscript.kmod.${MACHINE_ARCH})
-LDSCRIPT_FLAGS?= -T ${SYSDIR}/conf/ldscript.kmod.${MACHINE_ARCH}
+.if exists(${SYSDIR}/conf/ldscript.kmod.${MACHINE})
+LDSCRIPT_FLAGS?= -T ${SYSDIR}/conf/ldscript.kmod.${MACHINE}
 .endif
 
 .if ${__KLD_SHARED} == yes