diff --git a/test/functional/treesitter/select_spec.lua b/test/functional/treesitter/select_spec.lua
index 25fc7ad657..5719f36973 100644
--- a/test/functional/treesitter/select_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/treesitter/select_spec.lua
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ describe('treesitter incremental-selection', function()
     treeselect('select_next', 3)
     eq('4', get_selected())
 
+    if t.skip(jit == nil, 'sometimes fails on PUC lua') then
+      return
+    end
+
     treeselect('select_prev', 2)
     eq('2', get_selected())