diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/Makefile b/drivers/net/wan/Makefile
index 995277c657a1..cf7a0a65aae8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/Makefile
@@ -40,16 +40,16 @@ $(obj)/wanxl.o:	$(obj)/wanxlfw.inc
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_WANXL_BUILD_FIRMWARE),y)
 ifeq ($(ARCH),m68k)
-  M68KAS = $(AS)
+  M68KCC = $(CC)
   M68KLD = $(LD)
 else
-  M68KAS = $(CROSS_COMPILE_M68K)as
+  M68KCC = $(CROSS_COMPILE_M68K)gcc
   M68KLD = $(CROSS_COMPILE_M68K)ld
 endif
 
 quiet_cmd_build_wanxlfw = BLD FW  $@
       cmd_build_wanxlfw = \
-	$(CPP) -D__ASSEMBLY__ -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) -I$(srctree)/include/uapi $< | $(M68KAS) -m68360 -o $(obj)/wanxlfw.o; \
+	$(M68KCC) -D__ASSEMBLY__ -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) -I$(srctree)/include/uapi -c -o $(obj)/wanxlfw.o $<; \
 	$(M68KLD) --oformat binary -Ttext 0x1000 $(obj)/wanxlfw.o -o $(obj)/wanxlfw.bin; \
 	hexdump -ve '"\n" 16/1 "0x%02X,"' $(obj)/wanxlfw.bin | sed 's/0x  ,//g;1s/^/static const u8 firmware[]={/;$$s/,$$/\n};\n/' >$(obj)/wanxlfw.inc; \
 	rm -f $(obj)/wanxlfw.bin $(obj)/wanxlfw.o