diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/config_selfclient_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/config_selfclient_test.go
index 19e975ffb6a..4d811c64104 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/config_selfclient_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/config_selfclient_test.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func TestLoopbackHostPortIPv6(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("fail to enumerate network interface, %s", err)
 	}
 	if !ipv6 {
-		t.Fatalf("no ipv6 loopback interface")
+		t.Skip("no ipv6 loopback interface")
 	}
 
 	host, port, err := LoopbackHostPort("[ff06:0:0:0:0:0:0:c3]:443")