diff --git a/make/gcc-3.3.mk b/make/gcc-3.3.mk
index a129bd875d..0a12d043c8 100644
--- a/make/gcc-3.3.mk
+++ b/make/gcc-3.3.mk
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ $(GCC_DIR)/.unpacked: $(DL_DIR)/$(GCC_SOURCE)
 $(GCC_DIR)/.patched: $(GCC_DIR)/.unpacked
 	# Apply any files named gcc-*.patch from the source directory to gcc
 	$(SOURCE_DIR)/patch-kernel.sh $(GCC_DIR) $(SOURCE_DIR) gcc-*.patch
-ifneq ("$(strip $(TARGET_SOFT_FLOAT))","")
+ifeq ($(SOFT_FLOAT),true)
 ifeq ("$(strip $(ARCH))","i386")
 	$(SOURCE_DIR)/patch-kernel.sh $(GCC_DIR) $(SOURCE_DIR) i386-gcc-soft-float.patch
 endif