diff --git a/configure b/configure
index dd6f58dcde..8c2c4c1a04 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1327,6 +1327,8 @@ static THREAD int tls_var;
 int main(void) { return tls_var; }
 EOF
 
+# Meson currently only handles pie as a boolean for now so if we have
+# explicitly disabled PIE we need to extend our cflags because it wont.
 if test "$static" = "yes"; then
   if test "$pie" != "no" && compile_prog "-Werror -fPIE -DPIE" "-static-pie"; then
     CONFIGURE_CFLAGS="-fPIE -DPIE $CONFIGURE_CFLAGS"
@@ -1335,13 +1337,12 @@ if test "$static" = "yes"; then
     error_exit "-static-pie not available due to missing toolchain support"
   else
     pie="no"
+    QEMU_CFLAGS="-fno-pie -no-pie $QEMU_CFLAGS"
   fi
 elif test "$pie" = "no"; then
   if compile_prog "-Werror -fno-pie" "-no-pie"; then
     CONFIGURE_CFLAGS="-fno-pie $CONFIGURE_CFLAGS"
     CONFIGURE_LDFLAGS="-no-pie $CONFIGURE_LDFLAGS"
-    # Meson currently only handles pie as a boolean for now so if we have
-    # explicitly disabled PIE we need to extend our cflags because it wont.
     QEMU_CFLAGS="-fno-pie -no-pie $QEMU_CFLAGS"
   fi
 elif compile_prog "-Werror -fPIE -DPIE" "-pie"; then