diff --git a/package/rocksdb/rocksdb.mk b/package/rocksdb/rocksdb.mk
index 8109605916..5f9fd9f1cb 100644
--- a/package/rocksdb/rocksdb.mk
+++ b/package/rocksdb/rocksdb.mk
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ ROCKSDB_MAKE_OPTS = PORTABLE=1
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BZIP2),y)
 ROCKSDB_DEPENDENCIES += bzip2
-ROCKSDB_CONF_OPTS += ROCKSDB_DISABLE_BZ2=0
+ROCKSDB_MAKE_OPTS += ROCKSDB_DISABLE_BZ2=0
 else
-ROCKSDB_CONF_OPTS += ROCKSDB_DISABLE_BZ2=1
+ROCKSDB_MAKE_OPTS += ROCKSDB_DISABLE_BZ2=1
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GFLAGS),y)