diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7ff1239f9cd2cbdd146092f342df412cad37d285..2d225aa4d7e33690b84b4053e7cff3a8b77c5270 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -336,15 +336,6 @@ endif
 export KBUILD_MODULES KBUILD_BUILTIN
 export KBUILD_CHECKSRC KBUILD_SRC KBUILD_EXTMOD
 
-ifneq ($(CC),)
-ifeq ($(shell $(CC) -v 2>&1 | grep -c "clang version"), 1)
-COMPILER := clang
-else
-COMPILER := gcc
-endif
-export COMPILER
-endif
-
 # We need some generic definitions (do not try to remake the file).
 scripts/Kbuild.include: ;
 include scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -671,6 +662,13 @@ endif
 endif
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(stackp-flag)
 
+ifeq ($(shell $(CC) -v 2>&1 | grep -c "clang version"), 1)
+COMPILER := clang
+else
+COMPILER := gcc
+endif
+export COMPILER
+
 ifeq ($(COMPILER),clang)
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Qunused-arguments,)
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wno-unknown-warning-option,)