diff --git a/package/haproxy/haproxy.mk b/package/haproxy/haproxy.mk
index 6752367fac..e59896b485 100644
--- a/package/haproxy/haproxy.mk
+++ b/package/haproxy/haproxy.mk
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)
 HAPROXY_LIBS += -latomic
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL),y)
 # threads uses atomics on gcc >= 4.7 and sync otherwise (see
 # include/common/hathreads.h)
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7):$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC),y:y)