diff --git a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.targets b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.targets
index f55adc0d693..b62b9fec412 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.targets
+++ b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.targets
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
     <Error Text="Wasi SDK not found, not compiling to WebAssembly. To enable WebAssembly compilation, install Wasi SDK and ensure the WASI_SDK_PATH environment variable points to the directory containing share/wasi-sysroot"
            Condition="'$(WASI_SDK_PATH)' == '' and '$(_targetOS)' == 'wasi'" />
     <Warning Text="The WASI SDK version is too low. Please use WASI SDK 22 or newer with a 64 bit Clang."
-             Condition="!Exists('$(WASI_SDK_PATH)/VERSION')" />
+           Condition="'$(WASI_SDK_PATH)' != '' and '$(_targetOS)' == 'wasi' and !Exists('$(WASI_SDK_PATH)/VERSION')" />
   </Target>
 
   <Target Name="CompileWasmObjects"