diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Cuda.cpp b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Cuda.cpp
index 42eaf71e457eb..65895e0e8aad2 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Cuda.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Cuda.cpp
@@ -454,7 +454,8 @@ void NVPTX::Linker::ConstructJob(Compilation &C, const JobAction &JA,
   assert(TC.getTriple().isNVPTX() && "Wrong platform");
 
   ArgStringList CmdArgs;
-  CmdArgs.push_back("--cuda");
+  if (TC.CudaInstallation.version() <= CudaVersion::CUDA_100)
+    CmdArgs.push_back("--cuda");
   CmdArgs.push_back(TC.getTriple().isArch64Bit() ? "-64" : "-32");
   CmdArgs.push_back(Args.MakeArgString("--create"));
   CmdArgs.push_back(Args.MakeArgString(Output.getFilename()));