diff --git a/src/dsp/cpu.c b/src/dsp/cpu.c
index 34565040..086da836 100644
--- a/src/dsp/cpu.c
+++ b/src/dsp/cpu.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static int armCPUInfo(CPUFeature feature) {
   return 1;
 }
 VP8CPUInfo VP8GetCPUInfo = armCPUInfo;
-#elif defined(__mips__)
+#elif defined(WEBP_USE_MIPS32)
 static int mipsCPUInfo(CPUFeature feature) {
   (void)feature;
   return 1;
diff --git a/src/dsp/dsp.h b/src/dsp/dsp.h
index 596febb3..73a82536 100644
--- a/src/dsp/dsp.h
+++ b/src/dsp/dsp.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define WEBP_USE_NEON
 #endif
 
-#if defined(__mips__)
+#if defined(__mips__) && !defined(__mips64)
 #define WEBP_USE_MIPS32
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/utils/bit_reader_inl.h b/src/utils/bit_reader_inl.h
index b8d2c041..81427c62 100644
--- a/src/utils/bit_reader_inl.h
+++ b/src/utils/bit_reader_inl.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <string.h>  // memcpy
 #endif
 
+#include "../dsp/dsp.h"
 #include "./bit_reader.h"
 #include "./endian_inl.h"
 
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ static WEBP_INLINE void VP8LoadNewBytes(VP8BitReader* const br) {
 #if defined(WEBP_FORCE_ALIGNED)
     lbit_t in_bits;
     memcpy(&in_bits, br->buf_, sizeof(in_bits));
-#elif defined(__mips__)                        // MIPS
+#elif defined(WEBP_USE_MIPS32)
     // This is needed because of un-aligned read.
     lbit_t in_bits;
     lbit_t* p_buf_ = (lbit_t*)br->buf_;