diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mo/mongodb-ce/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mo/mongodb-ce/package.nix
index 2fd6497c3ed0..1e9e4d04739d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mo/mongodb-ce/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mo/mongodb-ce/package.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
   versionCheckProgram = "${placeholder "out"}/bin/mongod";
   versionCheckProgramArg = [ "--version" ];
-  doInstallCheck = true;
+  # Only enable the version install check on darwin.
+  # On Linux, this would fail as mongod relies on tcmalloc, which
+  # requires access to `/sys/devices/system/cpu/possible`.
+  # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/377016
+  doInstallCheck = stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin;
 
   passthru = {