diff --git a/src/emu/eminline.h b/src/emu/eminline.h
index b6ae6fce342..3e3f8398e5a 100644
--- a/src/emu/eminline.h
+++ b/src/emu/eminline.h
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
 #ifndef __EMINLINE__
 #define __EMINLINE__
 
+#if !defined(SDLMAME_NOASM)
 /* we come with implementations for GCC x86 and PPC */
-#if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(SDLMAME_NOASM)
+#if defined(__GNUC__)
 
 #if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)
 #include "eigccx86.h"
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "osinline.h"
 
 #endif
+#endif
 
 
 /***************************************************************************