diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socket.py b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
index 8992a01..74170f4 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
@@ -5458,6 +5458,7 @@ class LinuxKernelCryptoAPI(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertEqual(dec, msg * multiplier)
@support.requires_linux_version(4, 3) # see test_aes_cbc
+ @unittest.skip('Failure on Kernel 4.9+')
def test_aead_aes_gcm(self):
key = bytes.fromhex('c939cc13397c1d37de6ae0e1cb7c423c')
iv = bytes.fromhex('b3d8cc017cbb89b39e0f67e2')