diff --git a/test/ruby/test_fiber.rb b/test/ruby/test_fiber.rb
index 947e75aa2c..f548024175 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_fiber.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_fiber.rb
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ class TestFiber < Test::Unit::TestCase
   end
 
   def test_stack_size
+    skip 'too unstable on Travis s390x-linux' if RUBY_PLATFORM == 's390x-linux'
     h_default = eval(invoke_rec('p RubyVM::DEFAULT_PARAMS', nil, nil, false))
     h_0 = eval(invoke_rec('p RubyVM::DEFAULT_PARAMS', 0, 0, false))
     h_large = eval(invoke_rec('p RubyVM::DEFAULT_PARAMS', 1024 * 1024 * 5, 1024 * 1024 * 10, false))