diff --git a/drivers/of/of_kunit_helpers.c b/drivers/of/of_kunit_helpers.c
index 287d6c91bb37..7b3ed5a382aa 100644
--- a/drivers/of/of_kunit_helpers.c
+++ b/drivers/of/of_kunit_helpers.c
@@ -10,6 +10,19 @@
 #include <kunit/test.h>
 #include <kunit/resource.h>
 
+#include "of_private.h"
+
+/**
+ * of_root_kunit_skip() - Skip test if the root node isn't populated
+ * @test: test to skip if the root node isn't populated
+ */
+void of_root_kunit_skip(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ACPI) && !of_root)
+		kunit_skip(test, "arm64+acpi doesn't populate a root node");
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_root_kunit_skip);
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_OF_OVERLAY) && defined(CONFIG_OF_EARLY_FLATTREE)
 
 static void of_overlay_fdt_apply_kunit_exit(void *ovcs_id)
@@ -36,6 +49,8 @@ int of_overlay_fdt_apply_kunit(struct kunit *test, void *overlay_fdt,
 	int ret;
 	int *copy_id;
 
+	of_root_kunit_skip(test);
+
 	copy_id = kunit_kmalloc(test, sizeof(*copy_id), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!copy_id)
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/of/of_private.h b/drivers/of/of_private.h
index 04aa2a91f851..c235d6c909a1 100644
--- a/drivers/of/of_private.h
+++ b/drivers/of/of_private.h
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ extern raw_spinlock_t devtree_lock;
 extern struct list_head aliases_lookup;
 extern struct kset *of_kset;
 
+struct kunit;
+extern void of_root_kunit_skip(struct kunit *test);
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_OF_DYNAMIC)
 extern int of_property_notify(int action, struct device_node *np,
 			      struct property *prop, struct property *old_prop);
diff --git a/drivers/of/of_test.c b/drivers/of/of_test.c
index c85a258bc6ae..b0557ded838f 100644
--- a/drivers/of/of_test.c
+++ b/drivers/of/of_test.c
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 #include <kunit/test.h>
 
+#include "of_private.h"
+
 /*
  * Test that the root node "/" can be found by path.
  */
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ static struct kunit_case of_dtb_test_cases[] = {
 
 static int of_dtb_test_init(struct kunit *test)
 {
+	of_root_kunit_skip(test);
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF_EARLY_FLATTREE))
 		kunit_skip(test, "requires CONFIG_OF_EARLY_FLATTREE");
 
diff --git a/drivers/of/overlay_test.c b/drivers/of/overlay_test.c
index 19695bdf77be..1f76d50fb16a 100644
--- a/drivers/of/overlay_test.c
+++ b/drivers/of/overlay_test.c
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 #include <kunit/of.h>
 #include <kunit/test.h>
 
+#include "of_private.h"
+
 static const char * const kunit_node_name = "kunit-test";
 static const char * const kunit_compatible = "test,empty";
 
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ static void of_overlay_apply_kunit_cleanup(struct kunit *test)
 	struct device *dev;
 	struct device_node *np;
 
+	of_root_kunit_skip(test);
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF_EARLY_FLATTREE))
 		kunit_skip(test, "requires CONFIG_OF_EARLY_FLATTREE for root node");