diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 53224f0ed5..625cfef2ff 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ EOF
 
 check_insn(){
     log check_insn "$@"
-    check_inline_asm ${1}_inline "$2"
+    check_inline_asm ${1}_inline "\"$2\""
     check_as ${1}_external "$2"
 }