diff --git a/tensorflow/core/platform/file_system.cc b/tensorflow/core/platform/file_system.cc
index 7d8c6aefc33..9e96ceedbdc 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/platform/file_system.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/core/platform/file_system.cc
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 #include "tensorflow/core/platform/file_system.h"
 
 #include <sys/stat.h>
-#if defined(IS_MOBILE_PLATFORM)
-#include <fnmatch.h>
-#endif
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <deque>
@@ -26,12 +23,15 @@ limitations under the License.
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
+#if defined(PLATFORM_POSIX) || defined(IS_MOBILE_PLATFORM)
+#include <fnmatch.h>
+#else
+#include "tensorflow/core/platform/regexp.h"
+#endif  // defined(PLATFORM_POSIX) || defined(IS_MOBILE_PLATFORM)
+
 #include "tensorflow/core/platform/env.h"
 #include "tensorflow/core/platform/errors.h"
 #include "tensorflow/core/platform/platform.h"
-#if !defined(IS_MOBILE_PLATFORM)
-#include "tensorflow/core/platform/regexp.h"
-#endif
 #include "tensorflow/core/platform/scanner.h"
 #include "tensorflow/core/platform/str_util.h"
 #include "tensorflow/core/platform/strcat.h"
@@ -39,16 +39,20 @@ limitations under the License.
 namespace tensorflow {
 
 bool FileSystem::Match(const string& filename, const string& pattern) {
-#if defined(IS_MOBILE_PLATFORM)
+#if defined(PLATFORM_POSIX) || defined(IS_MOBILE_PLATFORM)
   // We avoid relying on RE2 on mobile platforms, because it incurs a
   // significant binary size increase.
+  // For POSIX platforms, there is no need to depend on RE2 if `fnmatch` can be
+  // used safely.
   return fnmatch(pattern.c_str(), filename.c_str(), FNM_PATHNAME) == 0;
 #else
   string regexp(pattern);
-  RE2::GlobalReplace(&regexp, "\\*", "[^/]*");
-  RE2::GlobalReplace(&regexp, "\\?", ".");
+  regexp = str_util::StringReplace(regexp, "*", "[^/]*", true);
+  regexp = str_util::StringReplace(regexp, "?", ".", true);
+  regexp = str_util::StringReplace(regexp, "(", "\\(", true);
+  regexp = str_util::StringReplace(regexp, ")", "\\)", true);
   return RE2::FullMatch(filename, regexp);
-#endif
+#endif  // defined(PLATFORM_POSIX) || defined(IS_MOBILE_PLATFORM)
 }
 
 string FileSystem::TranslateName(const string& name) const {
diff --git a/tensorflow/python/lib/io/file_io_test.py b/tensorflow/python/lib/io/file_io_test.py
index 2e42eb8fbe8..af4b2e9dd60 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/lib/io/file_io_test.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/lib/io/file_io_test.py
@@ -159,6 +159,18 @@ class FileIoTest(test.TestCase):
     file_io.delete_recursively(dir_path)
     self.assertFalse(file_io.file_exists(os.path.join(dir_path, "file3.txt")))
 
+  def testGetMatchingFilesWhenParentDirContainsParantheses(self):
+    dir_path = os.path.join(self._base_dir, "dir_(special)")
+    file_io.create_dir(dir_path)
+    files = ["file1.txt", "file(2).txt"]
+    for name in files:
+      file_path = os.path.join(dir_path, name)
+      file_io.FileIO(file_path, mode="w").write("testing")
+    expected_match = [os.path.join(dir_path, name) for name in files]
+    glob_pattern = os.path.join(dir_path, "*")
+    self.assertItemsEqual(
+        file_io.get_matching_files(glob_pattern), expected_match)
+
   def testCreateRecursiveDir(self):
     dir_path = os.path.join(self._base_dir, "temp_dir/temp_dir1/temp_dir2")
     file_io.recursive_create_dir(dir_path)