diff --git a/sys/modules/cxgb/Makefile b/sys/modules/cxgb/Makefile
index 8712c1a8f4c0..b4543156e571 100644
--- a/sys/modules/cxgb/Makefile
+++ b/sys/modules/cxgb/Makefile
@@ -8,15 +8,18 @@ SRCS=	cxgb_mc5.c cxgb_vsc8211.c cxgb_ael1002.c cxgb_mv88e1xxx.c
 SRCS+=	cxgb_xgmac.c cxgb_t3_hw.c cxgb_main.c cxgb_sge.c cxgb_lro.c 
 SRCS+=	device_if.h bus_if.h pci_if.h
 
+CFLAGS+= -DCONFIG_CHELSIO_T3_CORE -g -DDEFAULT_JUMBO -DCONFIG_DEFINED
+CFLAGS+= -DCHELSIO_FW_MAJOR=3 -DCHELSIO_FW_MINOR=2
+
+.if ${MACHINE_ARCH} != "ia64"
+# ld is broken on ia64
 t3fw-3.2.bin: ${CXGB}/t3fw-3.2.bin.gz.uu
 	uudecode -p < ${CXGB}/t3fw-3.2.bin.gz.uu \
 	| gzip -dc > ${.TARGET}
 
 FIRMWS= t3fw-3.2.bin:t3fw32
 CLEANFILES+= t3fw-3.2.bin
-
-CFLAGS+= -DCONFIG_CHELSIO_T3_CORE -g -DDEFAULT_JUMBO -DCONFIG_DEFINED
-CFLAGS+= -DCHELSIO_FW_MAJOR=3 -DCHELSIO_FW_MINOR=2
+.endif
 
 
 .include <bsd.kmod.mk>