diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 74c754d91a..3bd9e7a342 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5308,9 +5308,7 @@ EOF
 sym=$($nm $TMPO | awk '/ff_extern/{ print substr($0, match($0, /[^ \t]*ff_extern/)) }')
 extern_prefix=${sym%%ff_extern*}
 
-check_cc <<EOF && enable_weak inline_asm
-void foo(void) { __asm__ volatile ("" ::); }
-EOF
+check_inline_asm inline_asm '"" ::'
 
 _restrict=
 for restrict_keyword in restrict __restrict__ __restrict; do