diff --git a/libavutil/cpu.c b/libavutil/cpu.c
index 16e0c9278f..a22da0fa8c 100644
--- a/libavutil/cpu.c
+++ b/libavutil/cpu.c
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ static int get_cpu_flags(void)
 }
 
 void av_force_cpu_flags(int arg){
-    if (   (arg & ( AV_CPU_FLAG_3DNOW    |
+    if (ARCH_X86 &&
+           (arg & ( AV_CPU_FLAG_3DNOW    |
                     AV_CPU_FLAG_3DNOWEXT |
                     AV_CPU_FLAG_MMXEXT   |
                     AV_CPU_FLAG_SSE      |