diff --git a/lang/llvm/Makefile b/lang/llvm/Makefile
index fcff7b1f2526..46dd5d4fcb08 100644
--- a/lang/llvm/Makefile
+++ b/lang/llvm/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.81 2022/09/01 01:36:42 gutteridge Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.82 2022/09/12 08:59:15 he Exp $
 #
 # When updating this, please also update:
 # devel/include-what-you-use
@@ -118,11 +118,13 @@ CXXFLAGS+=	-march=i586
 # Needed to avoid "relocation truncated to fit: R_PPC_REL24"
 CFLAGS+=	-mlongcall
 CXXFLAGS+=	-mlongcall
-.  if ${OPSYS} == "NetBSD" && ${OPSYS_VERSION} >= 099917
+.  if ${OPSYS} == "NetBSD"
+.    if ${OPSYS_VERSION} >= 099917
 # The -mno-pltseq option is not available in gcc7, but is needed for
 # the above-mentioned relocation truncation issue in newer GCC
 CFLAGS+=	-mno-pltseq
 CXXFLAGS+=	-mno-pltseq
+.    endif # (just drop for older NetBSD)
 .  else # Not NetBSD
 # Let's just insist on newer gcc -- untested.
 CFLAGS+=	-mno-pltseq