diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/cds/appcds/dynamicArchive/DynamicArchiveTestBase.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/cds/appcds/dynamicArchive/DynamicArchiveTestBase.java
index f6e25cfdeb8dd..b61894c1b4bad 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/cds/appcds/dynamicArchive/DynamicArchiveTestBase.java
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/cds/appcds/dynamicArchive/DynamicArchiveTestBase.java
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ private static String getTempBaseArchive() throws Exception {
      *   UseCompressedClassPointers options. Those "compressed" options were
      *   enabled when the default CDS archive was built.
      */
-    private static boolean isUseSharedSpacesDisabled() {
+    public static boolean isUseSharedSpacesDisabled() {
         return (WB.getBooleanVMFlag("UseSharedSpaces") == false);
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/cds/appcds/dynamicArchive/SharedArchiveFileOption.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/cds/appcds/dynamicArchive/SharedArchiveFileOption.java
index 68785b32c1c1a..1dd12b2b55d32 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/cds/appcds/dynamicArchive/SharedArchiveFileOption.java
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/cds/appcds/dynamicArchive/SharedArchiveFileOption.java
@@ -180,10 +180,14 @@ private static void doTest(String baseArchiveName, String topArchiveName) throws
             .assertAbnormalExit("-XX:ArchiveClassesAtExit is unsupported when a dynamic CDS archive is specified in -XX:SharedArchiveFile:");
 
         testcase("A dynamic archive is already loaded when -XX:+RecordDynamicDumpInfo is specified");
-        run2(null, topArchiveName,
-             "-XX:+RecordDynamicDumpInfo",
-             "-cp", appJar, mainClass)
-            .assertAbnormalExit("-XX:+RecordDynamicDumpInfo is unsupported when a dynamic CDS archive is specified in -XX:SharedArchiveFile:");
+        if (isUseSharedSpacesDisabled()) {
+            System.out.println("This test is not applicable when JTREG tests are executed with -Xshare:off, or if the JDK doesn't have a default archive.");
+        } else {
+          run2(null, topArchiveName,
+               "-XX:+RecordDynamicDumpInfo",
+               "-cp", appJar, mainClass)
+              .assertAbnormalExit("-XX:+RecordDynamicDumpInfo is unsupported when a dynamic CDS archive is specified in -XX:SharedArchiveFile:");
+        }
 
         testcase("-XX:+RecordDynamicDumpInfo cannot be used with -XX:ArchiveClassesAtExit");
         dump2(baseArchiveName,