diff --git a/numpy/_core/include/numpy/npy_cpu.h b/numpy/_core/include/numpy/npy_cpu.h
index 67a9d0b2cdc8..4fb3fb406869 100644
--- a/numpy/_core/include/numpy/npy_cpu.h
+++ b/numpy/_core/include/numpy/npy_cpu.h
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
     #elif __riscv_xlen == 32
 	#define NPY_CPU_RISCV32
     #endif
-#elif defined(__loongarch64)
+#elif defined(__loongarch_lp64)
     #define NPY_CPU_LOONGARCH64
 #elif defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__)
     /* __EMSCRIPTEN__ is defined by emscripten: an LLVM-to-Web compiler */
diff --git a/numpy/_core/src/common/npy_cpu_features.c b/numpy/_core/src/common/npy_cpu_features.c
index 69e426873c41..6bdf0122cf3a 100644
--- a/numpy/_core/src/common/npy_cpu_features.c
+++ b/numpy/_core/src/common/npy_cpu_features.c
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ npy__cpu_init_features(void)
 
 /***************** LoongArch ******************/
 
-#elif defined(__loongarch64)
+#elif defined(__loongarch_lp64)
 
 #include <sys/auxv.h>
 #include <asm/hwcap.h>
@@ -685,7 +685,6 @@ npy__cpu_init_features(void)
    }
 }
 
-
 /***************** ARM ******************/
 
 #elif defined(__arm__) || defined(__aarch64__) || defined(_M_ARM64)