diff --git a/aten/src/ATen/native/TensorFactories.cpp b/aten/src/ATen/native/TensorFactories.cpp
index db4fbdfb1925..82d7363a1b32 100644
--- a/aten/src/ATen/native/TensorFactories.cpp
+++ b/aten/src/ATen/native/TensorFactories.cpp
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ Tensor empty_like(
   if (memory_format == MemoryFormat::Preserve) {
     if (self.is_non_overlapping_and_dense()) {
       result = at::empty_strided(self.sizes(), self.strides(), options.memory_format(c10::nullopt));
-    } else if (self.layout() == kStrided) {
+    } else if (self.unsafeGetTensorImpl()->support_as_strided() && self.layout() == kStrided) {
       // If input tensor is not dense and non-overlapping but strided, we will infer an output strides
       // which keeps the layout permutation of the input tensor.
       std::vector<int64_t> strides = infer_dense_strides(self.sizes(), self.strides());