diff --git a/lto-plugin/configure b/lto-plugin/configure
index fdb8a5964b4..f165eaeb194 100755
--- a/lto-plugin/configure
+++ b/lto-plugin/configure
@@ -6015,7 +6015,7 @@ fi
 use_locking=no
 ac_lto_plugin_extra_ldflags=
 
-case $target in
+case $host in
   riscv*)
     # do not use locking as pthread depends on libatomic
     ;;
diff --git a/lto-plugin/configure.ac b/lto-plugin/configure.ac
index e69a7bd9ec0..0a7202782ae 100644
--- a/lto-plugin/configure.ac
+++ b/lto-plugin/configure.ac
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(LTO_PLUGIN_USE_SYMVER_SUN, [test "x$lto_plugin_use_symver" = xsun
 use_locking=no
 ac_lto_plugin_extra_ldflags=
 
-case $target in
+case $host in
   riscv*)
     # do not use locking as pthread depends on libatomic
     ;;