diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 3108f01e88..a84f14258b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -3957,6 +3957,11 @@ if enable_modules
   foreach target : target_dirs
     if target.endswith('-softmmu')
       config_target = config_target_mak[target]
+      arch = config_target['TARGET_NAME'] == 'sparc64' ? 'sparc64' : config_target['TARGET_BASE_ARCH']
+      if not hw_arch.has_key(arch)
+        continue
+      endif
+
       config_devices_mak = target + '-config-devices.mak'
       modinfo_src = custom_target('modinfo-' + target + '.c',
                                   output: 'modinfo-' + target + '.c',
@@ -3966,8 +3971,6 @@ if enable_modules
 
       modinfo_lib = static_library('modinfo-' + target + '.c', modinfo_src)
       modinfo_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: modinfo_lib)
-
-      arch = config_target['TARGET_NAME'] == 'sparc64' ? 'sparc64' : config_target['TARGET_BASE_ARCH']
       hw_arch[arch].add(modinfo_dep)
     endif
   endforeach