diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 98c92b2bdb..ae46567751 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5384,7 +5384,7 @@ EOF
 sym=$($nm $TMPO | awk '/ff_extern/{ print substr($0, match($0, /[^ \t]*ff_extern/)) }')
 extern_prefix=${sym%%ff_extern*}
 
-check_inline_asm inline_asm '"" ::'
+! disabled inline_asm && check_inline_asm inline_asm '"" ::'
 
 _restrict=
 for restrict_keyword in restrict __restrict__ __restrict; do