diff --git a/include/zephyr/toolchain/mwdt.h b/include/zephyr/toolchain/mwdt.h
index 1cc6899ec03..b1fae9d4d11 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/toolchain/mwdt.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/toolchain/mwdt.h
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
   #error "ARC MWDT doesn't support building with CONFIG_NEWLIB_LIBC as it doesn't have newlib"
 #endif /* CONFIG_NEWLIB_LIBC */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NATIVE_APPLICATION
+#ifdef CONFIG_NATIVE_BUILD
   #error "ARC MWDT doesn't support building Zephyr as an native application"
 #endif /* CONFIG_NATIVE_APPLICATION */