diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h b/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h
index 7449733c15..a48da32f04 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h
@@ -37,10 +37,13 @@ static inline int openat_file(int dirfd, const char *name, int flags,
 {
     int fd, serrno, ret;
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_DARWIN
 again:
+#endif
     fd = openat(dirfd, name, flags | O_NOFOLLOW | O_NOCTTY | O_NONBLOCK,
                 mode);
     if (fd == -1) {
+#ifndef CONFIG_DARWIN
         if (errno == EPERM && (flags & O_NOATIME)) {
             /*
              * The client passed O_NOATIME but we lack permissions to honor it.
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@ again:
             flags &= ~O_NOATIME;
             goto again;
         }
+#endif
         return -1;
     }
 
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p.c b/hw/9pfs/9p.c
index caf3b240fe..14e84c3bcf 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p.c
@@ -138,11 +138,20 @@ static int dotl_to_open_flags(int flags)
         { P9_DOTL_NONBLOCK, O_NONBLOCK } ,
         { P9_DOTL_DSYNC, O_DSYNC },
         { P9_DOTL_FASYNC, FASYNC },
+#ifndef CONFIG_DARWIN
+        { P9_DOTL_NOATIME, O_NOATIME },
+        /*
+         *  On Darwin, we could map to F_NOCACHE, which is
+         *  similar, but doesn't quite have the same
+         *  semantics. However, we don't support O_DIRECT
+         *  even on linux at the moment, so we just ignore
+         *  it here.
+         */
         { P9_DOTL_DIRECT, O_DIRECT },
+#endif
         { P9_DOTL_LARGEFILE, O_LARGEFILE },
         { P9_DOTL_DIRECTORY, O_DIRECTORY },
         { P9_DOTL_NOFOLLOW, O_NOFOLLOW },
-        { P9_DOTL_NOATIME, O_NOATIME },
         { P9_DOTL_SYNC, O_SYNC },
     };
 
@@ -171,10 +180,12 @@ static int get_dotl_openflags(V9fsState *s, int oflags)
      */
     flags = dotl_to_open_flags(oflags);
     flags &= ~(O_NOCTTY | O_ASYNC | O_CREAT);
+#ifndef CONFIG_DARWIN
     /*
      * Ignore direct disk access hint until the server supports it.
      */
     flags &= ~O_DIRECT;
+#endif
     return flags;
 }