diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/impl/get_executable.c b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/impl/get_executable.c
index 49ae0937f92..ce46b776fd8 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/impl/get_executable.c
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/impl/get_executable.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ char* get_executable(char *argv0) {
   return __get_exec_sysctl(mib);
 }
 
-#elif defined(__linux)
+#elif defined(__linux__)
 
 
 char* get_executable(char *argv0) {