diff --git a/common/rc b/common/rc
index 961e0b84..fc18520d 100644
--- a/common/rc
+++ b/common/rc
@@ -2389,6 +2389,13 @@ _verify_reflink()
                || echo "$1 and $2 are not reflinks: different extents"
 }
 
+_require_atime()
+{
+	if [ "$FSTYP" == "nfs" ]; then
+		_notrun "atime related mount options have no effect on NFS"
+	fi
+}
+
 _require_relatime()
 {
         _scratch_mkfs > /dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/tests/generic/003 b/tests/generic/003
index 83d6f900..7ffd09a3 100755
--- a/tests/generic/003
+++ b/tests/generic/003
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ _cleanup()
 _supported_fs generic
 _supported_os Linux
 _require_scratch
+_require_atime
 _require_relatime
 
 rm -f $seqres.full
diff --git a/tests/generic/192 b/tests/generic/192
index b2da3588..5b6cfbc9 100755
--- a/tests/generic/192
+++ b/tests/generic/192
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ is_noatime_set() {
 _supported_fs generic
 _supported_os Linux
 _require_test
+_require_atime
 #delay=150
 #delay=75
 #delay=60