diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index bcb9d39a38..f77a9ce569 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2635,7 +2635,6 @@ config_host_data.set('CONFIG_CLOCK_ADJTIME', cc.has_function('clock_adjtime'))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_DUP3', cc.has_function('dup3'))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_FALLOCATE', cc.has_function('fallocate'))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_POSIX_FALLOCATE', cc.has_function('posix_fallocate'))
-config_host_data.set('CONFIG_GETCPU', cc.has_function('getcpu', prefix: gnu_source_prefix))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SCHED_GETCPU', cc.has_function('sched_getcpu', prefix: '#include <sched.h>'))
 # Note that we need to specify prefix: here to avoid incorrectly
 # thinking that Windows has posix_memalign()
@@ -2713,6 +2712,8 @@ config_host_data.set('CONFIG_FALLOCATE_ZERO_RANGE',
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_FIEMAP',
                      cc.has_header('linux/fiemap.h') and
                      cc.has_header_symbol('linux/fs.h', 'FS_IOC_FIEMAP'))
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_GETCPU',
+                     cc.has_header_symbol('sched.h', 'getcpu', prefix: gnu_source_prefix))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_GETRANDOM',
                      cc.has_function('getrandom') and
                      cc.has_header_symbol('sys/random.h', 'GRND_NONBLOCK'))