diff --git a/meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass b/meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass
index c8916ffaa9..caa8bdb4ec 100644
--- a/meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ fakeroot rootfs_deb_do_rootfs () {
 	tac ${STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE}/apt/sources.list.rev > ${STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE}/apt/sources.list
 
 	cat "${STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE}/apt/apt.conf.sample" \
-		| sed -e 's#Architecture ".*";#Architecture "${TARGET_ARCH}";#' \
+		| sed -e 's#Architecture ".*";#Architecture "${DPKG_ARCH}";#' \
 		> "${STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE}/apt/apt-rootfs.conf"
 
 	export APT_CONFIG="${STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE}/apt/apt-rootfs.conf"