diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c7ed78416e24205509072bb2fea2a92718e7d09a..1cc7c61b20b6ada37074f999b50de4e266ac4f68 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ case "$host_cpu" in
   *mips*)
     AC_TRY_COMPILE([
 #if defined(__sgi) && defined(__LP64__)
-#error 32-bit mips
+#error 64-bit mips
 #endif
     ], [], [
       ABI=32