diff --git a/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h b/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h
index eb78992f..7846c9e1 100644
--- a/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h
+++ b/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ typedef struct _RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION GTEST_CRITICAL_SECTION;
 // Ask the compiler not to perform tail call optimization inside
 // the marked function.
 #define GTEST_NO_TAIL_CALL_ __attribute__((disable_tail_calls))
-#elif __GNUC__
+#elif defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__NVCOMPILER)
 #define GTEST_NO_TAIL_CALL_ \
   __attribute__((optimize("no-optimize-sibling-calls")))
 #else