diff --git a/Lib/test/test_profiling/test_sampling_profiler.py b/Lib/test/test_profiling/test_sampling_profiler.py
index cbfb21d3512..5b924cb2453 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_profiling/test_sampling_profiler.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_profiling/test_sampling_profiler.py
@@ -2093,6 +2093,8 @@ def test_script_error_treatment(self):
         )
         output = result.stdout + result.stderr
 
+        if "PermissionError" in output:
+            self.skipTest("Insufficient permissions for remote profiling")
         self.assertNotIn("Script file not found", output)
         self.assertIn("No such file or directory: 'nonexistent_file.txt'", output)