diff --git a/toolchain/gcc/common.mk b/toolchain/gcc/common.mk
index cfc702cc26..b33769ce50 100644
--- a/toolchain/gcc/common.mk
+++ b/toolchain/gcc/common.mk
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ GCC_CONFIGURE:= \
 		$(SOFT_FLOAT_CONFIG_OPTION) \
 		$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_EXTRA_GCC_CONFIG_OPTIONS)) \
 		$(if $(CONFIG_mips64)$(CONFIG_mips64el),--with-arch=mips64 \
-			--with-abi=$(subst ",,$(CONFIG_MIPS64_ABI))) \
+			--with-abi=$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_MIPS64_ABI))) \
 		--with-gmp=$(TOPDIR)/staging_dir/host \
 		--with-mpfr=$(TOPDIR)/staging_dir/host \
 		--with-mpc=$(TOPDIR)/staging_dir/host \