diff --git a/tests/sys_personality_test.cpp b/tests/sys_personality_test.cpp
index 2dfaa658c..6bd00efd9 100644
--- a/tests/sys_personality_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/sys_personality_test.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
 TEST(sys_personality, current_persona) {
   int persona = personality(0xffffffff) & PER_MASK;
 #if defined(__BIONIC__)
-#if defined(__LP64__)
+// When personality syscall is executed on mips64, for a 32bit process
+// sys_32_personality() is called, which converts PER_LINUX32 -> PER_LINUX
+#if defined(__LP64__) || (__mips==32 && __mips_isa_rev>2)
   ASSERT_EQ(PER_LINUX, persona);
 #else
   ASSERT_EQ(PER_LINUX32, persona);