diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/utils/Utils.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/utils/Utils.java
index 0685d1d49b76a..861fa2b97e840 100755
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/utils/Utils.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/utils/Utils.java
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ public static void atomicMoveWithFallback(Path source, Path target, boolean need
      * @throws IOException if flushing the directory fails.
      */
     public static void flushDir(Path path) throws IOException {
-        if (path != null && !OperatingSystem.IS_WINDOWS) {
+        if (path != null && !OperatingSystem.IS_WINDOWS && !OperatingSystem.IS_ZOS) {
             try (FileChannel dir = FileChannel.open(path, StandardOpenOption.READ)) {
                 dir.force(true);
             }