diff --git a/src/shims/foreign_items/posix.rs b/src/shims/foreign_items/posix.rs
index 9d331eece503..ce23bc4c972f 100644
--- a/src/shims/foreign_items/posix.rs
+++ b/src/shims/foreign_items/posix.rs
@@ -115,10 +115,6 @@ fn emulate_foreign_item_by_name(
                 let result = this.lseek64(args[0], args[1], args[2])?;
                 this.write_scalar(Scalar::from_int(result, dest.layout.size), dest)?;
             }
-            "posix_fadvise" => {
-                // fadvise is only informational, we can ignore it.
-                this.write_null(dest)?;
-            }
 
             // Allocation
             "posix_memalign" => {
diff --git a/src/shims/foreign_items/posix/linux.rs b/src/shims/foreign_items/posix/linux.rs
index 1a8cd195ec5b..88a18e3e75f9 100644
--- a/src/shims/foreign_items/posix/linux.rs
+++ b/src/shims/foreign_items/posix/linux.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ fn emulate_foreign_item_by_name(
                 let result = this.linux_readdir64_r(args[0], args[1], args[2])?;
                 this.write_scalar(Scalar::from_int(result, dest.layout.size), dest)?;
             }
+            // Linux-only
+            "posix_fadvise" => {
+                let _fd = this.read_scalar(args[0])?.to_i32()?;
+                let _offset = this.read_scalar(args[1])?.to_machine_isize(this)?;
+                let _len = this.read_scalar(args[2])?.to_machine_isize(this)?;
+                let _advice = this.read_scalar(args[3])?.to_i32()?;
+                // fadvise is only informational, we can ignore it.
+                this.write_null(dest)?;
+            }
 
             // Time related shims
             "clock_gettime" => {