diff --git a/contrib/binutils/gas/config/tc-arm.c b/contrib/binutils/gas/config/tc-arm.c
index 9efe5760e64f..5b970c5b643f 100644
--- a/contrib/binutils/gas/config/tc-arm.c
+++ b/contrib/binutils/gas/config/tc-arm.c
@@ -20337,7 +20337,7 @@ arm_parse_arch (char * str)
     }
 
   for (opt = arm_archs; opt->name != NULL; opt++)
-    if (streq (opt->name, str))
+    if (strncmp (opt->name, str, optlen) == 0)
       {
 	march_cpu_opt = &opt->value;
 	march_fpu_opt = &opt->default_fpu;