diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/va_high_addr_switch.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/va_high_addr_switch.sh
index 45cae7cab27e..a0a75f302904 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/va_high_addr_switch.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/va_high_addr_switch.sh
@@ -29,9 +29,15 @@ check_supported_x86_64()
 	# See man 1 gzip under '-f'.
 	local pg_table_levels=$(gzip -dcfq "${config}" | grep PGTABLE_LEVELS | cut -d'=' -f 2)
 
+	local cpu_supports_pl5=$(awk '/^flags/ {if (/la57/) {print 0;}
+		else {print 1}; exit}' /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null)
+
 	if [[ "${pg_table_levels}" -lt 5 ]]; then
 		echo "$0: PGTABLE_LEVELS=${pg_table_levels}, must be >= 5 to run this test"
 		exit $ksft_skip
+	elif [[ "${cpu_supports_pl5}" -ne 0 ]]; then
+		echo "$0: CPU does not have the necessary la57 flag to support page table level 5"
+		exit $ksft_skip
 	fi
 }