--- a/src/configure
+++ b/src/configure
@@ -6303,7 +6303,7 @@
 { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking packing order of bit fields" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking packing order of bit fields... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
 if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
-  $ECHO "no defaults for cross-compiling"; exit 0
+  rpppoe_cv_pack_bitfields="$ac_cv_pack_bitfields"
 else
   cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* confdefs.h.  */
