diff --git a/src/file/SDL_rwops.c b/src/file/SDL_rwops.c
index 38672a594d..ae20002a7a 100644
--- a/src/file/SDL_rwops.c
+++ b/src/file/SDL_rwops.c
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ static SDL_bool IsRegularFileOrPipe(FILE *f)
         !((st.st_mode & _S_IFMT) == _S_IFREG || (st.st_mode & _S_IFMT) == _S_IFIFO)) {
         return SDL_FALSE;
     }
-    #else
+    #elif !defined __EMSCRIPTEN__
     struct stat st;
     if (fstat(fileno(f), &st) < 0 || !(S_ISREG(st.st_mode) || S_ISFIFO(st.st_mode))) {
         return SDL_FALSE;