diff -r 9bf9a733246b -r 04ff2f6cd0eb make/linux/Makefile
--- a/make/linux/Makefile	Thu Aug 06 00:08:57 2015 -0700
+++ b/make/linux/Makefile	Tue Oct 17 12:58:25 2017 +0800
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@
 ifeq ($(ARCH),ppc64)
   FORCE_TIERED=0
 endif
+# C1 is not ported on mips64, so we cannot build a tiered VM:
+ifeq ($(ARCH),mips64)
+  FORCE_TIERED=0
+endif
 
 ifdef LP64
   ifeq ("$(filter $(LP64_ARCH),$(BUILDARCH))","")