diff --git a/lib/Support/MemoryBuffer.cpp b/lib/Support/MemoryBuffer.cpp
index 691b6f50690..4c558b37cfa 100644
--- a/lib/Support/MemoryBuffer.cpp
+++ b/lib/Support/MemoryBuffer.cpp
@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@ error_code MemoryBuffer::getFile(const char *Filename,
                                  OwningPtr<MemoryBuffer> &result,
                                  int64_t FileSize,
                                  bool RequiresNullTerminator) {
+  // FIXME: Review if this check is unnecessary on windows as well.
+#ifdef LLVM_ON_WIN32
   // First check that the "file" is not a directory
   bool is_dir = false;
   error_code err = sys::fs::is_directory(Filename, is_dir);
@@ -251,6 +253,7 @@ error_code MemoryBuffer::getFile(const char *Filename,
     return err;
   if (is_dir)
     return make_error_code(errc::is_a_directory);
+#endif
 
   int OpenFlags = O_RDONLY;
 #ifdef O_BINARY