diff --git a/source/common/api/posix/os_sys_calls_impl.cc b/source/common/api/posix/os_sys_calls_impl.cc
index 7df7e6384e90..3fab0afc1b55 100644
--- a/source/common/api/posix/os_sys_calls_impl.cc
+++ b/source/common/api/posix/os_sys_calls_impl.cc
@@ -325,17 +325,12 @@ SysCallSocketResult OsSysCallsImpl::accept(os_fd_t sockfd, sockaddr* addr, sockl
 
 #if defined(__linux__)
   rc = ::accept4(sockfd, addr, addrlen, SOCK_NONBLOCK);
-  // If failed with EINVAL try without flags
-  if (rc >= 0 || errno != EINVAL) {
-    return {rc, rc != -1 ? 0 : errno};
-  }
-#endif
-
+#else
   rc = ::accept(sockfd, addr, addrlen);
   if (rc >= 0) {
     setsocketblocking(rc, false);
   }
-
+#endif
   return {rc, rc != -1 ? 0 : errno};
 }