diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/CMakeLists.txt
index 3b438c30ce6..872beaae6ab 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,19 +37,14 @@ if (CUDAToolkit_FOUND)
             endif()
         endif()
     endif()
-    message(STATUS "Using CUDA architectures: ${CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES}")
 
     enable_language(CUDA)
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "native" ${CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES_NATIVE} CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES ${CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES})
 
     # Replace any 12x-real architectures with 12x{a}-real. FP4 ptx instructions are not available in just 12x
     if (GGML_NATIVE)
         set(PROCESSED_ARCHITECTURES "")
-        if (CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES_NATIVE)
-            set(ARCH_LIST ${CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES_NATIVE})
-        else()
-            set(ARCH_LIST ${CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES})
-        endif()
-        foreach(ARCH ${ARCH_LIST})
+        foreach(ARCH ${CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES})
             if (ARCH MATCHES "^12[0-9](-real|-virtual)?$")
                 string(REGEX REPLACE "^(12[0-9]).*$" "\\1" BASE_ARCH ${ARCH})
                 message(STATUS "Replacing ${ARCH} with ${BASE_ARCH}a-real")
@@ -66,6 +61,7 @@ if (CUDAToolkit_FOUND)
             endif()
         endforeach()
     endif()
+    message(STATUS "Using CUDA architectures: ${CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES}")
 
     file(GLOB   GGML_HEADERS_CUDA "*.cuh")
     list(APPEND GGML_HEADERS_CUDA "../../include/ggml-cuda.h")