diff --git a/benchmark/fs/bench-linkSync.js b/benchmark/fs/bench-linkSync.js
index 9fcf910cdaf301..a5dafd5a7c4f10 100644
--- a/benchmark/fs/bench-linkSync.js
+++ b/benchmark/fs/bench-linkSync.js
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const tmpdir = require('../../test/common/tmpdir');
 tmpdir.refresh();
 
+// Calling `chmodSync` causes Windows build to fail.
+// Reference: https://github.com/libuv/libuv/issues/3267
+if (process.platform !== 'win32') {
+  return;
+}
+
 const tmpfile = tmpdir.resolve('.bench-file-data');
 fs.writeFileSync(tmpfile, 'bench-file', 'utf-8');
 fs.chmodSync(tmpfile, fs.constants.S_IRUSR);