diff --git a/libc/private/bionic_tls.h b/libc/private/bionic_tls.h
index 4658866..e5a151c 100644
--- a/libc/private/bionic_tls.h
+++ b/libc/private/bionic_tls.h
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@
  * C library, because we don't know where the corresponding code
  * is going to run.
  */
-#  ifdef LIBC_STATIC
+#  if defined(LIBC_STATIC) || \
+     (defined(__ARM_ARCH_6__) && defined(HAVE_ARM_TLS_REGISTER) && \
+     !defined(__ARM_ARCH_6T2__))
 
 /* Use the kernel helper in static C library. */
   typedef volatile void* (__kernel_get_tls_t)(void);