diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f72db76313..549e04cdf2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -779,14 +779,19 @@ int x;
 EOF
 }
 
-check_cflags(){
-    log check_cflags "$@"
+test_cflags(){
+    log test_cflags "$@"
     set -- $($cflags_filter "$@")
-    check_cc "$@" <<EOF && append CFLAGS "$@"
+    check_cc "$@" <<EOF
 int x;
 EOF
 }
 
+check_cflags(){
+    log check_cflags "$@"
+    test_cflags "$@" && add_cflags "$@"
+}
+
 test_ldflags(){
     log test_ldflags "$@"
     check_ld "$@" <<EOF