diff --git a/ipc/src/platform/unix/mem_handle.rs b/ipc/src/platform/unix/mem_handle.rs
index e770fa7f1..0d6ce9651 100644
--- a/ipc/src/platform/unix/mem_handle.rs
+++ b/ipc/src/platform/unix/mem_handle.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ use std::io;
 use std::num::NonZeroUsize;
 use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
 use std::os::unix::prelude::{AsRawFd, FromRawFd, IntoRawFd, RawFd};
-#[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicI32, Ordering};
 
 pub(crate) fn mmap_handle<T: FileBackedHandle>(handle: T) -> io::Result<MappedMem<T>> {
@@ -42,23 +41,23 @@ pub(crate) fn munmap_handle<T: MemoryHandle>(mapped: &mut MappedMem<T>) {
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
 static ANON_SHM_ID: AtomicI32 = AtomicI32::new(0);
 
 impl ShmHandle {
     #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
     fn open_anon_shm() -> anyhow::Result<RawFd> {
-        Ok(memfd::MemfdOptions::default()
-            .create("anon-shm-handle")?
-            .into_raw_fd())
+        if let Ok(memfd) = memfd::MemfdOptions::default().create("anon-shm-handle") {
+            Ok(memfd.into_raw_fd())
+        } else {
+            Self::open_anon_shm_generic()
+        }
     }
 
-    #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
-    fn open_anon_shm() -> anyhow::Result<RawFd> {
+    fn open_anon_shm_generic() -> anyhow::Result<RawFd> {
         let path = format!(
             "/libdatadog-shm-anon-{}-{}",
             unsafe { libc::getpid() },
-            ANON_SHM_ID.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst)
+            crate::platform::unix::mem_handle::ANON_SHM_ID.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst)
         );
         let result = shm_open(
             path.as_bytes(),
@@ -69,6 +68,11 @@ impl ShmHandle {
         Ok(result?)
     }
 
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
+    fn open_anon_shm() -> anyhow::Result<RawFd> {
+        Self::open_anon_shm_generic()
+    }
+
     pub fn new(size: usize) -> anyhow::Result<ShmHandle> {
         let fd = Self::open_anon_shm()?;
         let handle = unsafe { PlatformHandle::from_raw_fd(fd) };
diff --git a/spawn_worker/src/unix/spawn.rs b/spawn_worker/src/unix/spawn.rs
index ef28bb1db..344d8aba8 100644
--- a/spawn_worker/src/unix/spawn.rs
+++ b/spawn_worker/src/unix/spawn.rs
@@ -383,7 +383,8 @@ impl SpawnWorker {
 
         // setup final spawn
 
-        let spawn_method = match &self.spawn_method {
+        #[allow(unused_mut)]
+        let mut spawn_method = match &self.spawn_method {
             Some(m) => m.clone(),
             None => self.target.detect_spawn_method()?,
         };
@@ -415,13 +416,17 @@ impl SpawnWorker {
                     };
                     #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
                     if matches!(spawn_method, SpawnMethod::FdExec) {
-                        let memfd = linux::write_memfd("trampoline_dependencies.so", bin)?;
-                        let basefds = if fd_to_pass.is_some() { 4 } else { 3 };
-                        argv.push(CString::new(format!(
-                            "/proc/self/fd/{}",
-                            temp_memfds.len() + basefds
-                        ))?);
-                        temp_memfds.push(memfd);
+                        if let Ok(memfd) = linux::write_memfd("trampoline_dependencies.so", bin) {
+                            let basefds = if fd_to_pass.is_some() { 4 } else { 3 };
+                            argv.push(CString::new(format!(
+                                "/proc/self/fd/{}",
+                                temp_memfds.len() + basefds
+                            ))?);
+                            temp_memfds.push(memfd);
+                        } else {
+                            spawn_method = SpawnMethod::Exec;
+                            tempfile()?;
+                        }
                     } else {
                         tempfile()?;
                     }