diff --git a/make/compiler_flags b/make/compiler_flags
index 8099da98733..2228dd37938 100644
--- a/make/compiler_flags
+++ b/make/compiler_flags
@@ -247,7 +247,9 @@ endif
 ## silence warnings occuring due to the TBB and Eigen libraries
 CXXFLAGS_WARNINGS += -Wno-ignored-attributes
 ## https://github.com/oneapi-src/oneTBB/issues/307
-CXXFLAGS_WARNINGS += -Wno-class-memaccess
+ifeq ($(CXX_TYPE), gcc)
+  CXXFLAGS_WARNINGS += -Wno-class-memaccess
+endif
 
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 # Setup OpenCL