diff --git a/m4/attributes.m4 b/m4/attributes.m4
index 7e080da65d9..aa53ef23802 100644
--- a/m4/attributes.m4
+++ b/m4/attributes.m4
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ AC_DEFUN([CC_CHECK_FLAG_APPEND], [
                  AS_TR_SH([cc_cv_$2_$3]),
           [eval "AS_TR_SH([cc_save_$2])='${$2}'"
            eval "AS_TR_SH([$2])='-Werror $3'"
-           AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([int a = 0; int main(void) { return a; } ])],
-                                    [eval "AS_TR_SH([cc_cv_$2_$3])='yes'"],
-                                    [eval "AS_TR_SH([cc_cv_$2_$3])='no'"])
+           AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([int a = 0; int main(void) { return a; } ])],
+                          [eval "AS_TR_SH([cc_cv_$2_$3])='yes'"],
+                          [eval "AS_TR_SH([cc_cv_$2_$3])='no'"])
            eval "AS_TR_SH([$2])='$cc_save_$2'"])
 
   AS_IF([eval test x$]AS_TR_SH([cc_cv_$2_$3])[ = xyes],