diff --git a/tests/sys/aio/aio_test.c b/tests/sys/aio/aio_test.c
index 90619b4f63a..fa494bcad5a 100644
--- a/tests/sys/aio/aio_test.c
+++ b/tests/sys/aio/aio_test.c
@@ -735,6 +735,7 @@ aio_md_test(completion comp)
 	struct md_ioctl mdio;
 
 	ATF_REQUIRE_KERNEL_MODULE("aio");
+	ATF_REQUIRE_UNSAFE_AIO();
 
 	mdctl_fd = open("/dev/" MDCTL_NAME, O_RDWR, 0);
 	ATF_REQUIRE_MSG(mdctl_fd != -1,