diff --git a/cc/lto.go b/cc/lto.go
index 878c21fdf..547ebff4e 100644
--- a/cc/lto.go
+++ b/cc/lto.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func (lto *lto) flags(ctx BaseModuleContext, flags Flags) Flags {
 
 		// If the module does not have a profile, be conservative and limit cross TU inline
 		// limit to 5 LLVM IR instructions, to balance binary size increase and performance.
-		if !ctx.isPgoCompile() && !ctx.isAfdoCompile() {
+		if !ctx.Darwin() && !ctx.isPgoCompile() && !ctx.isAfdoCompile() {
 			flags.Local.LdFlags = append(flags.Local.LdFlags,
 				"-Wl,-plugin-opt,-import-instr-limit=5")
 		}