diff --git a/configure b/configure
index eb977e5b6f..030728d11e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3821,7 +3821,7 @@ done
 (for i in $cross_cc_vars; do
   export $i
 done
-export target_list source_path use_containers ARCH
+export target_list source_path use_containers cpu
 $source_path/tests/tcg/configure.sh)
 
 # temporary config to build submodules
diff --git a/tests/tcg/configure.sh b/tests/tcg/configure.sh
index 9ef913df5b..8eb4287c84 100755
--- a/tests/tcg/configure.sh
+++ b/tests/tcg/configure.sh
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ for target in $target_list; do
   elif test $got_cross_cc = no && test "$container" != no && \
           test -n "$container_image"; then
       for host in $container_hosts; do
-          if test "$host" = "$ARCH"; then
+          if test "$host" = "$cpu"; then
               echo "DOCKER_IMAGE=$container_image" >> $config_target_mak
               echo "DOCKER_CROSS_CC_GUEST=$container_cross_cc" >> \
                    $config_target_mak