diff --git a/clang/lib/Headers/__stddef_unreachable.h b/clang/lib/Headers/__stddef_unreachable.h
index 518580c92d3f5..61df43e9732f8 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Headers/__stddef_unreachable.h
+++ b/clang/lib/Headers/__stddef_unreachable.h
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
  *===-----------------------------------------------------------------------===
  */
 
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+
 /*
  * When -fbuiltin-headers-in-system-modules is set this is a non-modular header
  * and needs to behave as if it was textual.
@@ -15,3 +17,5 @@
     (__has_feature(modules) && !__building_module(_Builtin_stddef))
 #define unreachable() __builtin_unreachable()
 #endif
+
+#endif