diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index c1d387e5fe..0fce80ca4d 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -1413,7 +1413,7 @@ EOF
         SHARED_LD_MODULE_CC="$SHARED_LD_CC"
     fi
     if test "x$SHARED_LD_MODULE_CXX" = "x" ; then
-        SHARED_LD_MODULE_CC="$SHARED_LD_CXX"
+        SHARED_LD_MODULE_CXX="$SHARED_LD_CXX"
     fi
 
     AC_SUBST(SHARED_LD_CC)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index eb46bd5514..3eadd1e88e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -34603,7 +34603,7 @@ echo "$as_me: error: unknown system type $host." >&2;}
         SHARED_LD_MODULE_CC="$SHARED_LD_CC"
     fi
     if test "x$SHARED_LD_MODULE_CXX" = "x" ; then
-        SHARED_LD_MODULE_CC="$SHARED_LD_CXX"
+        SHARED_LD_MODULE_CXX="$SHARED_LD_CXX"
     fi