diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.assembler b/arch/x86/Kconfig.assembler
index 59aedf32c4ea..6d20a6ce0507 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.assembler
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.assembler
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ config AS_VPCLMULQDQ
 	  Supported by binutils >= 2.30 and LLVM integrated assembler
 
 config AS_WRUSS
-	def_bool $(as-instr,wrussq %rax$(comma)(%rbx))
+	def_bool $(as-instr64,wrussq %rax$(comma)(%rbx))
 	help
 	  Supported by binutils >= 2.31 and LLVM integrated assembler
diff --git a/scripts/Kconfig.include b/scripts/Kconfig.include
index 3ee8ecfb8c04..3500a3d62f0d 100644
--- a/scripts/Kconfig.include
+++ b/scripts/Kconfig.include
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ ld-option = $(success,$(LD) -v $(1))
 
 # $(as-instr,<instr>)
 # Return y if the assembler supports <instr>, n otherwise
-as-instr = $(success,printf "%b\n" "$(1)" | $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) -Wa$(comma)--fatal-warnings -c -x assembler-with-cpp -o /dev/null -)
+as-instr = $(success,printf "%b\n" "$(1)" | $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(2) -Wa$(comma)--fatal-warnings -c -x assembler-with-cpp -o /dev/null -)
+as-instr64 = $(as-instr,$(1),$(m64-flag))
 
 # check if $(CC) and $(LD) exist
 $(error-if,$(failure,command -v $(CC)),C compiler '$(CC)' not found)