diff --git a/js/src/jit-test/tests/asm.js/testBug893519.js b/js/src/jit-test/tests/asm.js/testBug893519.js
index 60d2bf6a363..d4301009310 100644
--- a/js/src/jit-test/tests/asm.js/testBug893519.js
+++ b/js/src/jit-test/tests/asm.js/testBug893519.js
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 // |jit-test| error:Error
+
+if (!isAsmJSCompilationAvailable()) {
+    throw new Error('this test expects an error to be thrown, here it is');
+    quit();
+}
+
 var g = newGlobal();
 evaluate("function h() { function f() { 'use asm'; function g() { return 42 } return g } return f }", { compileAndGo:false, global:g});
 var h = clone(g.h);