diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.ReadyToRun/JitInterface/CorInfoImpl.ReadyToRun.cs b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.ReadyToRun/JitInterface/CorInfoImpl.ReadyToRun.cs
index 6ec6baeded8a95..2e090550840e64 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.ReadyToRun/JitInterface/CorInfoImpl.ReadyToRun.cs
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.ReadyToRun/JitInterface/CorInfoImpl.ReadyToRun.cs
@@ -520,10 +520,17 @@ public static bool ShouldSkipCompilation(InstructionSetSupport instructionSetSup
             {
                 return true;
             }
-            if (HardwareIntrinsicHelpers.IsHardwareIntrinsic(methodNeedingCode))
+
+            // On platforms where we can JIT, we will rarely need the hardware intrinsic fallback implementations.
+            // On platforms where we cannot JIT, we need to ensure that we have a fallback implementation pre-compiled
+            // so any code that uses hardware intrinsics and is interpreted has an implementation to use.
+            // This allows us to avoid the high cost of manually implementing intrinsics in the interpreter.
+            if (HardwareIntrinsicHelpers.IsHardwareIntrinsic(methodNeedingCode)
+                && ((ReadyToRunCompilerContext)methodNeedingCode.Context).TargetAllowsRuntimeCodeGeneration)
             {
                 return true;
             }
+
             if (methodNeedingCode.IsAbstract)
             {
                 return true;