diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/get_mempolicy/get_mempolicy01.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/get_mempolicy/get_mempolicy01.c
index d0e372c..f321172 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/get_mempolicy/get_mempolicy01.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/get_mempolicy/get_mempolicy01.c
@@ -339,6 +339,16 @@ static void cleanup(void)
 
 static void setup(void)
 {
+	/* check syscall availability */
+	if (syscall(__NR_get_mempolicy, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL, 0) == -1) {
+		if (errno == ENOSYS)
+			tst_brkm(TCONF, NULL, "syscall __NR_get_mempolicy "
+				    "not supported on your arch.");
+		else
+			tst_brkm(TBROK|TERRNO, NULL,
+				    "syscall __NR_get_mempolicy");
+	}
+
 	TEST_PAUSE;
 	tst_tmpdir();
 }
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/mbind/mbind01.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/mbind/mbind01.c
index 2fc6f5a..714dbf7 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/mbind/mbind01.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/mbind/mbind01.c
@@ -300,6 +300,15 @@ TEST_END:
 
 static void setup(void)
 {
+	/* check syscall availability */
+	if (syscall(__NR_mbind, NULL, 0, 0, NULL, 0, 0) == -1) {
+		if (errno == ENOSYS)
+			tst_brkm(TCONF, NULL, "syscall __NR_mbind "
+				    "not supported on your arch.");
+		else
+			tst_brkm(TBROK|TERRNO, NULL, "syscall __NR_mbind");
+	}
+
 	TEST_PAUSE;
 	tst_tmpdir();
 }