diff --git a/tests/python/test_rlimit.py b/tests/python/test_rlimit.py
index d3152d22334a..deda8a780638 100755
--- a/tests/python/test_rlimit.py
+++ b/tests/python/test_rlimit.py
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 from bcc import BPF
 from unittest import main, skipUnless, TestCase
+from utils import kernel_version_ge
 import distutils.version
 import os, resource
 
+@skipUnless(not kernel_version_ge(5, 11), "Since d5299b67dd59 \"bpf: Memcg-based memory accounting for bpf maps\""\
+                                          ",map mem has been counted against memcg, not rlimit")
 class TestRlimitMemlock(TestCase):
     def testRlimitMemlock(self):
         text = """