diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
index a9e0b9143f06..0671ae1d1052 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
@@ -66,9 +66,7 @@
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <linux/userfaultfd.h>
 
-#ifndef __NR_userfaultfd
-#error "missing __NR_userfaultfd definition"
-#endif
+#ifdef __NR_userfaultfd
 
 static unsigned long nr_cpus, nr_pages, nr_pages_per_cpu, page_size;
 
@@ -631,3 +629,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	       nr_pages, nr_pages_per_cpu);
 	return userfaultfd_stress();
 }
+
+#else /* __NR_userfaultfd */
+
+#warning "missing __NR_userfaultfd definition"
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	printf("skip: Skipping userfaultfd test (missing __NR_userfaultfd)\n");
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#endif /* __NR_userfaultfd */