diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/gup_longterm.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/gup_longterm.c
index 15335820656b..03271442aae5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/gup_longterm.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/gup_longterm.c
@@ -96,7 +96,15 @@ static void do_test(int fd, size_t size, enum test_type type, bool shared)
 	int ret;
 
 	if (ftruncate(fd, size)) {
-		ksft_test_result_fail("ftruncate() failed (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
+		if (errno == ENOENT) {
+			/*
+			 * This can happen if the file has been unlinked and the
+			 * filesystem doesn't support truncating unlinked files.
+			 */
+			ksft_test_result_skip("ftruncate() failed with ENOENT\n");
+		} else {
+			ksft_test_result_fail("ftruncate() failed (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
+		}
 		return;
 	}