diff --git a/src/test/test-fs-util.c b/src/test/test-fs-util.c
index 16c6774a65..69f6303990 100644
--- a/src/test/test-fs-util.c
+++ b/src/test/test-fs-util.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ TEST(chase_symlinks) {
         assert_se(symlink("/usr/../etc/./machine-id", p) >= 0);
 
         r = chase_symlinks(p, NULL, 0, NULL, &pfd);
-        if (r != -ENOENT) {
+        if (r != -ENOENT && sd_id128_get_machine(NULL) >= 0) {
                 _cleanup_close_ int fd = -1;
                 sd_id128_t a, b;