diff --git a/net-wireless/iwd/iwd-0.18.ebuild b/net-wireless/iwd/iwd-0.18.ebuild
index b1e62ae86e3bd..cee477d005ed6 100644
--- a/net-wireless/iwd/iwd-0.18.ebuild
+++ b/net-wireless/iwd/iwd-0.18.ebuild
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ pkg_pretend() {
 		WARNING_CRYPTO_AES_NI_INTEL="CRYPTO_AES_NI_INTEL: enable for increased performance"
 	fi
 
-	if use cpu_flags_x86_ssse3; then
+	if use cpu_flags_x86_ssse3 && use amd64; then
 		CONFIG_CHECK="${CONFIG_CHECK} ~CRYPTO_SHA1_SSSE3 ~CRYPTO_SHA256_SSSE3 ~CRYPTO_SHA512_SSSE3"
 		WARNING_CRYPTO_SHA1_SSSE3="CRYPTO_SHA1_SSSE3: enable for increased performance"
 		WARNING_CRYPTO_SHA256_SSSE3="CRYPTO_SHA256_SSSE3: enable for increased performance"