diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/futex_wait_timeout.c b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/futex_wait_timeout.c
index 1f8f6daaf1e7..86ac205ea8e1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/futex_wait_timeout.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/futex_wait_timeout.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 static long timeout_ns = 100000;	/* 100us default timeout */
 static futex_t futex_pi;
+static pthread_barrier_t barrier;
 
 void usage(char *prog)
 {
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ void *get_pi_lock(void *arg)
 	if (ret != 0)
 		error("futex_lock_pi failed\n", ret);
 
+	pthread_barrier_wait(&barrier);
+
 	/* Blocks forever */
 	ret = futex_wait(&lock, 0, NULL, 0);
 	error("futex_wait failed\n", ret);
@@ -123,6 +126,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	       basename(argv[0]));
 	ksft_print_msg("\tArguments: timeout=%ldns\n", timeout_ns);
 
+	pthread_barrier_init(&barrier, NULL, 2);
 	pthread_create(&thread, NULL, get_pi_lock, NULL);
 
 	/* initialize relative timeout */
@@ -156,6 +160,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	res = futex_wait_requeue_pi(&f1, f1, &futex_pi, &to, 0);
 	test_timeout(res, &ret, "futex_wait_requeue_pi monotonic", ETIMEDOUT);
 
+	/* Wait until the other thread calls futex_lock_pi() */
+	pthread_barrier_wait(&barrier);
+	pthread_barrier_destroy(&barrier);
 	/*
 	 * FUTEX_LOCK_PI with CLOCK_REALTIME
 	 * Due to historical reasons, FUTEX_LOCK_PI supports only realtime