--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/gen-hyprel.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/gen-hyprel.c
@@ -286,7 +286,9 @@ static void init_elf(const char *path)
 	assert_eq(elf.ehdr->e_ident[EI_CLASS], ELFCLASS64, "%u");
 	assert_eq(elf.ehdr->e_ident[EI_DATA], ELFENDIAN, "%u");
 	assert_eq(elf16toh(elf.ehdr->e_type), ET_REL, "%u");
+#ifdef EM_AARCH64
 	assert_eq(elf16toh(elf.ehdr->e_machine), EM_AARCH64, "%u");
+#endif
 
 	/* Populate fields of the global struct. */
 	elf.sh_table = section_by_off(elf64toh(elf.ehdr->e_shoff));