diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h
index b8967b6e29d5..e195ec156859 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 #define ARRAY_SIZE(arr) (sizeof(arr) / sizeof((arr)[0]))
 #endif
 
+#if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__) /* arch */
 /*
  * gcc cpuid.h provides __cpuid_count() since v4.4.
  * Clang/LLVM cpuid.h provides  __cpuid_count() since v3.4.0.
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@
 			      : "=a" (a), "=b" (b), "=c" (c), "=d" (d)	\
 			      : "0" (level), "2" (count))
 #endif
+#endif /* end arch */
 
 /* define kselftest exit codes */
 #define KSFT_PASS  0
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
index 742782438ca3..94cfdba5308d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
@@ -290,12 +290,12 @@ static int cat_run_test(const struct resctrl_test *test, const struct user_param
 
 static bool arch_supports_noncont_cat(const struct resctrl_test *test)
 {
-	unsigned int eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
-
 	/* AMD always supports non-contiguous CBM. */
 	if (get_vendor() == ARCH_AMD)
 		return true;
 
+#if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__) /* arch */
+	unsigned int eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
 	/* Intel support for non-contiguous CBM needs to be discovered. */
 	if (!strcmp(test->resource, "L3"))
 		__cpuid_count(0x10, 1, eax, ebx, ecx, edx);
@@ -305,6 +305,9 @@ static bool arch_supports_noncont_cat(const struct resctrl_test *test)
 		return false;
 
 	return ((ecx >> 3) & 1);
+#endif /* end arch */
+
+	return false;
 }
 
 static int noncont_cat_run_test(const struct resctrl_test *test,