diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/generic.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/generic.nix
index 3fda2bc3f7c..be5fda41aac 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/generic.nix
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
         map ({extraConfig ? "", ...}: extraConfig) kernelPatches;
     in lib.concatStringsSep "\n" ([config] ++ configFromPatches);
 
-  # For UML, just ignore all options that don't apply (I'm lazy).
-  ignoreConfigErrors = (userModeLinux || stdenv.system = "armv5tel-linux");
+  # For UML and non-PC, just ignore all options that don't apply (We are lazy).
+  ignoreConfigErrors = (userModeLinux || stdenv.system == "armv5tel-linux");
 
   buildInputs = [ perl mktemp ]
     ++ lib.optional (platform.uboot != null) [platform.uboot];