diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3.c b/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3.c
index e60cf4da8fb0..1c61e3c022cb 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3.c
@@ -196,7 +196,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			CLONE3_ARGS_NO_TEST);
 
 	/* Do a clone3() in a new time namespace */
-	test_clone3(CLONE_NEWTIME, 0, 0, CLONE3_ARGS_NO_TEST);
+	if (access("/proc/self/ns/time", F_OK) == 0) {
+		test_clone3(CLONE_NEWTIME, 0, 0, CLONE3_ARGS_NO_TEST);
+	} else {
+		ksft_print_msg("Time namespaces are not supported\n");
+		ksft_test_result_skip("Skipping clone3() with CLONE_NEWTIME\n");
+	}
 
 	/* Do a clone3() with exit signal (SIGCHLD) in flags */
 	test_clone3(SIGCHLD, 0, -EINVAL, CLONE3_ARGS_NO_TEST);