diff --git a/package/ffmpeg/Config.in b/package/ffmpeg/Config.in
index 6b7a6e7b1f..096ff95c29 100644
--- a/package/ffmpeg/Config.in
+++ b/package/ffmpeg/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	bool
 	# fenv.h lacks FE_INVALID, FE_OVERFLOW & FE_UNDERFLOW on nios2
-	default y if !BR2_nios2
+	# ffmpeg's configure script only supports mips64 (r1) variant
+	default y if !BR2_nios2 && !BR2_mips_64r2 && !BR2_mips_64r6
 
 menuconfig BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG
 	bool "ffmpeg"