diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_uprobe_from_different_cu.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_uprobe_from_different_cu.sh
index 00d2e0e2e0c2..319f36ebb9a4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_uprobe_from_different_cu.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_uprobe_from_different_cu.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# skip if there's no gcc
+if ! [ -x "$(command -v gcc)" ]; then
+        echo "failed: no gcc compiler"
+        exit 2
+fi
+
 temp_dir=$(mktemp -d /tmp/perf-uprobe-different-cu-sh.XXXXXXXXXX)
 
 cleanup()
@@ -11,7 +17,7 @@ cleanup()
 	trap - EXIT TERM INT
 	if [[ "${temp_dir}" =~ ^/tmp/perf-uprobe-different-cu-sh.*$ ]]; then
 		echo "--- Cleaning up ---"
-		perf probe -x ${temp_dir}/testfile -d foo
+		perf probe -x ${temp_dir}/testfile -d foo || true
 		rm -f "${temp_dir}/"*
 		rmdir "${temp_dir}"
 	fi