diff --git a/module_build_service/scheduler/submit.py b/module_build_service/scheduler/submit.py
index 60fc8f81..21e1aa56 100644
--- a/module_build_service/scheduler/submit.py
+++ b/module_build_service/scheduler/submit.py
@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@ def _check_buildopts_arches(mmd, arches):
         return arches
     # Must be a subset of the input module arches
     unsupported_arches = set(buildopts_arches) - set(arches)
-    if unsupported_arches:
+    # If there are unsupported architectures, and the local one is one of them,
+    # then we should fail, otherwise continue.
+    if unsupported_arches and set(arches) in unsupported_arches:
         raise ValidationError("The following buildopts arches are not supported with these "
                               "buildrequires: %r" % unsupported_arches)
     if buildopts_arches: