diff --git a/nixos/tests/bpf.nix b/nixos/tests/bpf.nix
index 5dc97404772b..150ed0958862 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/bpf.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/bpf.nix
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: {
         "    printf(\"tgid: %d\", ((struct task_struct*) curtask)->tgid); exit() "
         "}'"))
     # module BTF (bpftrace >= 0.17)
-    print(machine.succeed("bpftrace -e 'kfunc:nft_trans_alloc_gfp { "
-        "    printf(\"portid: %d\\n\",args->ctx->portid); "
+    # test is currently disabled on aarch64 as kfunc does not work there yet
+    # https://github.com/iovisor/bpftrace/issues/2496
+    print(machine.succeed("uname -m | grep aarch64 || "
+        "bpftrace -e 'kfunc:nft_trans_alloc_gfp { "
+        "    printf(\"portid: %d\\n\", args->ctx->portid); "
         "} BEGIN { exit() }'"))
   '';
 })