diff --git a/boring-sys/build/main.rs b/boring-sys/build/main.rs
index e69a8b67..542d9663 100644
--- a/boring-sys/build/main.rs
+++ b/boring-sys/build/main.rs
@@ -463,8 +463,11 @@ fn ensure_patches_applied(config: &Config) -> io::Result<()> {
         "boringssl-44b3df6f03d85c901767250329c571db405122d5.patch",
     )?;
 
-    println!("cargo:warning=applying loongarch patch to boringssl");
-    apply_patch(config, "boringssl-loongarch.patch")?;
+    #[cfg(target_arch = "loongarch64")]
+    {
+        println!("cargo:warning=applying loongarch patch to boringssl");
+        apply_patch(config, "boringssl-loongarch.patch")?;
+    }
 
     if config.features.underscore_wildcards {
         println!("cargo:warning=applying underscore wildcards patch to boringssl");