cross build fails

Cross building of base-files package fails.

Version: 11ubuntu5.3

Steps to reproduce:
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armhf:
DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck dpkg-buildpackage -aarmhf -Pcross,nocheck

arm64:
DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck dpkg-buildpackage -aarm64 -Pcross,nocheck

Log:
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make[1]: Leaving directory '/media/data/base-files-11ubuntu5.3'
   dh_missing
   dh_strip
aarch64-linux-gnu-objcopy: Unable to recognise the format of the input file `debian/base-files/usr/bin/locale-check'
dh_strip: error: aarch64-linux-gnu-objcopy --only-keep-debug --compress-debug-sections debian/base-files/usr/bin/locale-check debian/.debhelper/base-files/dbgsym-root/usr/lib/debug/.build-id/71/aa3df0a7e05817cb7e212513aeae7db21d8593.debug returned exit code 1
dh_strip: error: Aborting due to earlier error
make: *** [debian/rules:15: binary] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules binary subprocess returned exit status 2

Expected output:
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Should compile successfully

Thanks,
Vijai Kumar K