diff --git a/test/MC/Mips/mips64r2/valid-xfail.s b/test/MC/Mips/mips64r2/valid-xfail.s
index 61bfb7fe521..7279707ea0b 100644
--- a/test/MC/Mips/mips64r2/valid-xfail.s
+++ b/test/MC/Mips/mips64r2/valid-xfail.s
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # RUN: not llvm-mc %s -triple=mips64-unknown-linux -show-encoding -mcpu=mips64r2 | not FileCheck %s
 # CHECK-NOT: encoding
 # XFAIL: *
+# REQUIRES: asserts
 
 	.set noat
 	abs.ps	$f22,$f8