diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/SystemZ/misched-cutoff.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/SystemZ/misched-cutoff.ll
index 0de80a22c301b4..859c7398f2cd11 100644
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/SystemZ/misched-cutoff.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/SystemZ/misched-cutoff.ll
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ; RUN: llc -mtriple=s390x-linux-gnu -mcpu=z13 -misched-cutoff=1 -o /dev/null < %s
-;
+; REQUIRES: asserts
+; -misched=shuffle isn't available in NDEBUG builds!
+
 ; Test that the post-ra scheduler does not crash with -misched-cutoff.
 
 @g_184 = external dso_local global i16, align 2