diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7662ae7cf98..a2da9d41f65 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -15078,7 +15078,7 @@ fi
 
 if (test "$OS_ARCH" = "WINNT" -a -z "$GNU_CC" \
     || test "$OS_ARCH" = "Darwin" \
-    || test "$OS_ARCH" = "Linux") \
+    || test "$OS_ARCH" = "Linux" -a "$CPU_ARCH" = "x86") \
    && test -z "$HAVE_64BIT_OS"; then
    MOZ_AIRBAG=1
 fi