diff --git a/spec/ruby/language/predefined_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/language/predefined_spec.rb
index b1f5d80ad4..24a8cf2f67 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/language/predefined_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/language/predefined_spec.rb
@@ -1271,8 +1271,16 @@ ruby_version_is "2.7" do
       path.should.end_with?("/etc.#{RbConfig::CONFIG['DLEXT']}")
     end
 
-    it "raises LoadError if feature cannot be found" do
-      -> { $LOAD_PATH.resolve_feature_path('noop') }.should raise_error(LoadError)
+    ruby_version_is "2.7"..."3.1" do
+      it "raises LoadError if feature cannot be found" do
+        -> { $LOAD_PATH.resolve_feature_path('noop') }.should raise_error(LoadError)
+      end
+    end
+
+    ruby_version_is "3.1" do
+      it "return nil if feature cannot be found" do
+        $LOAD_PATH.resolve_feature_path('noop').should be_nil
+      end
     end
   end
 end