diff --git a/sys-kernel/linux-docs/linux-docs-5.10.83.ebuild b/sys-kernel/linux-docs/linux-docs-5.10.83.ebuild
index 5ca092dc68cc6..3693ce4a8c2c0 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/linux-docs/linux-docs-5.10.83.ebuild
+++ b/sys-kernel/linux-docs/linux-docs-5.10.83.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 }
 
 src_compile() {
-	local ARCH=$(tc-arch-kernel)
+	local ARCH="$(tc-arch-kernel)"
 	unset KBUILD_OUTPUT
 	HTML_DOCS=( Documentation/output/. )
 	emake htmldocs
diff --git a/sys-kernel/linux-docs/linux-docs-5.15.6.ebuild b/sys-kernel/linux-docs/linux-docs-5.15.6.ebuild
index 5ca092dc68cc6..3693ce4a8c2c0 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/linux-docs/linux-docs-5.15.6.ebuild
+++ b/sys-kernel/linux-docs/linux-docs-5.15.6.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 }
 
 src_compile() {
-	local ARCH=$(tc-arch-kernel)
+	local ARCH="$(tc-arch-kernel)"
 	unset KBUILD_OUTPUT
 	HTML_DOCS=( Documentation/output/. )
 	emake htmldocs