diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 265175fe2402..d83917d3ad0f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(stackp-flag)
 ifeq ($(cc-name),clang)
 ifneq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
 CLANG_TARGET	:= -target $(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE:%-=%))
-GCC_TOOLCHAIN	:= $(realpath $(dir $(shell which $(LD)))/..)
+GCC_TOOLCHAIN	:= $(realpath $(dir $(shell which $(CROSS_COMPILE)elfedit))/..)
 endif
 ifneq ($(GCC_TOOLCHAIN),)
 CLANG_GCC_TC	:= -gcc-toolchain $(GCC_TOOLCHAIN)