diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index bb8cf8f5bf11..9e870e519c30 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -461,10 +461,10 @@ $(shell $(1) $(2) -dM -E - </dev/null | grep -E 'MIPS(EL|EB)|_MIPS_SZ(PTR|LONG)
 endef
 
 # Determine target endianness.
-IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN = $(shell $(CC) -dM -E - </dev/null | \
+IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN := $(shell $(CC) -dM -E - </dev/null | \
 			grep 'define __BYTE_ORDER__ __ORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN__')
-MENDIAN=$(if $(IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN),-mlittle-endian,-mbig-endian)
-BPF_TARGET_ENDIAN=$(if $(IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN),--target=bpfel,--target=bpfeb)
+MENDIAN:=$(if $(IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN),-mlittle-endian,-mbig-endian)
+BPF_TARGET_ENDIAN:=$(if $(IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN),--target=bpfel,--target=bpfeb)
 
 ifneq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
 CLANG_TARGET_ARCH = --target=$(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE:%-=%))