diff --git a/python/test/unit/language/test_core.py b/python/test/unit/language/test_core.py
index 7e6071926..620595ec4 100644
--- a/python/test/unit/language/test_core.py
+++ b/python/test/unit/language/test_core.py
@@ -1635,6 +1635,8 @@ def test_libdevice_tensor(dtype_str, expr, lib_path):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("dtype_str, expr, lib_path",
                          [('float32', 'libdevice.pow', '')])
 def test_libdevice_scalar(dtype_str, expr, lib_path):
+    if torch.version.hip is not None:
+        pytest.skip(f"test_libdevice_scalar currently has segfaults on ROCM")
 
     @triton.jit
     def kernel(X, Y, BLOCK: tl.constexpr):