diff --git a/cmake/HalideGeneratorHelpers.cmake b/cmake/HalideGeneratorHelpers.cmake
index acd3a04f97cb..62aafef852fb 100644
--- a/cmake/HalideGeneratorHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/HalideGeneratorHelpers.cmake
@@ -288,9 +288,9 @@ function(_Halide_library_from_generator TARGET)
         add_library("${TARGET}" STATIC ${local_out_${ARG_TYPE}})
         set_property(TARGET "${TARGET}" PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
         set_property(TARGET "${TARGET}" PROPERTY LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX)
-        set_source_files_properties(
-            "${local_out_${ARG_TYPE}}" PROPERTIES SKIP_LINTING ON
-        )
+        if (ARG_TYPE STREQUAL "c_source")
+            set_source_files_properties("${local_out_${ARG_TYPE}}" PROPERTIES SKIP_LINTING ON)
+        endif ()
 
         if (NOT Halide_NO_DEFAULT_FLAGS)
             # Silence many useless warnings in generated C++ code compilation