diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/userspace_pm.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/userspace_pm.sh
index 0ec4c2a1d73d..eb0f4f6afebd 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/userspace_pm.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/userspace_pm.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 
 mptcp_lib_check_mptcp
 
+if ! mptcp_lib_has_file '/proc/sys/net/mptcp/pm_type'; then
+	echo "userspace pm tests are not supported by the kernel: SKIP"
+	exit ${KSFT_SKIP}
+fi
+
 ip -Version > /dev/null 2>&1
 if [ $? -ne 0 ];then
 	echo "SKIP: Cannot not run test without ip tool"