diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
index 6f2c459160f0..f660553c6c48 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
@@ -31,12 +31,17 @@
 unsigned int ath10k_debug_mask;
 static bool uart_print;
 static unsigned int ath10k_p2p;
+static bool skip_otp;
+
 module_param_named(debug_mask, ath10k_debug_mask, uint, 0644);
 module_param(uart_print, bool, 0644);
 module_param_named(p2p, ath10k_p2p, uint, 0644);
+module_param(skip_otp, bool, 0644);
+
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug_mask, "Debugging mask");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(uart_print, "Uart target debugging");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(p2p, "Enable ath10k P2P support");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(skip_otp, "Skip otp failure for calibration in testmode");
 
 static const struct ath10k_hw_params ath10k_hw_params_list[] = {
 	{
@@ -280,7 +285,7 @@ static int ath10k_download_and_run_otp(struct ath10k *ar)
 
 	ath10k_dbg(ar, ATH10K_DBG_BOOT, "boot otp execute result %d\n", result);
 
-	if (result != 0) {
+	if (!skip_otp && result != 0) {
 		ath10k_err(ar, "otp calibration failed: %d", result);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}