diff --git a/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile b/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile
index c217674345b1..17f213879e82 100644
--- a/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile
+++ b/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ include $(MAKEROOT)/Makefiles/app.makefile
 GCCVERSION = $(shell gcc -dumpversion | awk -F'.' '{print $$1}')
 ifneq ("$(GCCVERSION)", "5")
 ifneq ($(CXX), llvm)
+ifneq ($(DARWIN),Darwin)
 # gcc 12 trips over device path handling
 BUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-error=stringop-overflow
 endif
 endif
+endif
 
 LIBS = -lCommon
 ifeq ($(CYGWIN), CYGWIN)