diff --git a/Lib/test/test_posix.py b/Lib/test/test_posix.py
index c9cbe1541e733e..bfc1e2b251f6db 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_posix.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_posix.py
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ def test_makedev(self):
             self.assertRaises((ValueError, OverflowError), posix.makedev, x, minor)
             self.assertRaises((ValueError, OverflowError), posix.makedev, major, x)
 
-        if sys.platform == 'linux':
+        if sys.platform == 'linux' and not support.linked_to_musl():
             NODEV = -1
             self.assertEqual(posix.major(NODEV), NODEV)
             self.assertEqual(posix.minor(NODEV), NODEV)