diff --git a/src/vma_ops.c b/src/vma_ops.c
index 7dc37c02e..a991882f0 100644
--- a/src/vma_ops.c
+++ b/src/vma_ops.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ bool vma_clean(void* addr, size_t size, bool lazy)
 #ifdef MADV_FREE
     if (lazy) return madvise(addr, size, MADV_FREE) == 0;
 #endif
-#ifdef MADV_DONTNEED
+#if defined(__linux__) && defined(MADV_DONTNEED)
     return madvise(addr, size, MADV_DONTNEED) == 0;
 #endif
 #endif