diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/guard-regions.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/guard-regions.c
index b21df3040b1c..5c8ec3ca75d7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/guard-regions.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/guard-regions.c
@@ -1912,7 +1912,7 @@ TEST_F(guard_regions, hole_punch)
 {
 	const unsigned long page_size = self->page_size;
 	char *ptr;
-	int i;
+	int i, ret;
 
 	if (variant->backing == ANON_BACKED)
 		SKIP(return, "Truncation test specific to file-backed");
@@ -1944,8 +1944,12 @@ TEST_F(guard_regions, hole_punch)
 	}
 
 	/* Now hole punch the guarded region. */
-	ASSERT_EQ(madvise(&ptr[3 * page_size], 4 * page_size,
-			  MADV_REMOVE), 0);
+	ret = madvise(&ptr[3 * page_size], 4 * page_size, MADV_REMOVE);
+	if (ret == -1 && errno == EOPNOTSUPP) {
+		ASSERT_EQ(munmap(ptr, 10 * page_size), 0);
+		SKIP(return, "MADV_REMOVE not supported by filesystem");
+	}
+	ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
 
 	/* Ensure guard regions remain. */
 	for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {