diff --git a/db/column_family_test.cc b/db/column_family_test.cc
index 938c4121a..a258b83df 100644
--- a/db/column_family_test.cc
+++ b/db/column_family_test.cc
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include "util/sync_point.h"
 #include "utilities/merge_operators.h"
 
+#if !(defined NDEBUG) || !defined(OS_WIN)
+
 namespace rocksdb {
 
 namespace {
@@ -1260,8 +1262,13 @@ TEST_F(ColumnFamilyTest, FlushAndDropRaceCondition) {
 }
 
 }  // namespace rocksdb
+#endif
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+#if !(defined NDEBUG) || !defined(OS_WIN)
   ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
   return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
+#else
+  return 0;
+#endif
 }
diff --git a/port/port_posix.h b/port/port_posix.h
index bf3fd5b46..efb72ee10 100644
--- a/port/port_posix.h
+++ b/port/port_posix.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ namespace port {
 // For use at db/file_indexer.h kLevelMaxIndex
 const int kMaxInt32 = std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max();
 const uint64_t kMaxUint64 = std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max();
+const size_t kMaxSizet = std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max();
 
 static const bool kLittleEndian = PLATFORM_IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN;
 #undef PLATFORM_IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
diff --git a/port/win/port_win.h b/port/win/port_win.h
index c861c45af..1f517fb78 100644
--- a/port/win/port_win.h
+++ b/port/win/port_win.h
@@ -99,6 +99,13 @@ namespace port {
 // For use at db/file_indexer.h kLevelMaxIndex
 const int kMaxInt32 = INT32_MAX;
 const uint64_t kMaxUint64 = UINT64_MAX;
+// std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max() is not constexpr just yet
+// therefore, use the same limits
+#ifdef _WIN64
+const size_t kMaxSizet = UINT64_MAX;
+#else
+const size_t kMaxSizet = UINT_MAX;
+#endif
 
 const bool kLittleEndian = true;
 
diff --git a/utilities/write_batch_with_index/write_batch_with_index_internal.h b/utilities/write_batch_with_index/write_batch_with_index_internal.h
index 3c894ebbb..b9d7e0fb7 100644
--- a/utilities/write_batch_with_index/write_batch_with_index_internal.h
+++ b/utilities/write_batch_with_index/write_batch_with_index_internal.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "rocksdb/slice.h"
 #include "rocksdb/status.h"
 #include "rocksdb/utilities/write_batch_with_index.h"
+#include "port/port.h"
 
 namespace rocksdb {
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ struct WriteBatchIndexEntry {
 
   // If this flag appears in the offset, it indicates a key that is smaller
   // than any other entry for the same column family
-  static const size_t kFlagMin = std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max();
+  static const size_t kFlagMin = port::kMaxSizet;
 
   size_t offset;           // offset of an entry in write batch's string buffer.
   uint32_t column_family;  // column family of the entry