diff --git a/src/runtime/pprof/pprof_test.go b/src/runtime/pprof/pprof_test.go
index 1b86dbff5b231..e6b4d0044d8c0 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pprof/pprof_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pprof/pprof_test.go
@@ -276,7 +276,8 @@ func testCPUProfile(t *testing.T, matches matchFunc, need []string, avoid []stri
 
 	broken := false
 	switch runtime.GOOS {
-	case "ios", "dragonfly", "netbsd", "illumos", "solaris":
+	// See https://golang.org/issue/45170 for AIX.
+	case "ios", "dragonfly", "netbsd", "illumos", "solaris", "aix":
 		broken = true
 	case "openbsd":
 		if runtime.GOARCH == "arm" || runtime.GOARCH == "arm64" {