diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/subpage_prot.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/subpage_prot.c
index 35ade7406dcd..3ae77ba93208 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/subpage_prot.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/subpage_prot.c
@@ -135,6 +135,16 @@ static int run_test(void *addr, unsigned long size)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int syscall_available(void)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	errno = 0;
+	rc = syscall(__NR_subpage_prot, 0, 0, 0);
+
+	return rc == 0 || (errno != ENOENT && errno != ENOSYS);
+}
+
 int test_anon(void)
 {
 	unsigned long align;
@@ -145,6 +155,8 @@ int test_anon(void)
 	void *mallocblock;
 	unsigned long mallocsize;
 
+	SKIP_IF(!syscall_available());
+
 	if (getpagesize() != 0x10000) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Kernel page size must be 64K!\n");
 		return 1;
@@ -180,6 +192,8 @@ int test_file(void)
 	off_t filesize;
 	int fd;
 
+	SKIP_IF(!syscall_available());
+
 	fd = open(file_name, O_RDWR);
 	if (fd == -1) {
 		perror("failed to open file");