diff --git a/tests/unit/test-nested-aio-poll.c b/tests/unit/test-nested-aio-poll.c
index db33742af3bf19c07c76c4035d1e370933a4cc4e..cd1c4d15c86724f4dabfc9437851c31cd605601c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test-nested-aio-poll.c
+++ b/tests/unit/test-nested-aio-poll.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "block/aio.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "util/aio-posix.h"
 
 typedef struct {
     AioContext *ctx;
@@ -78,17 +79,17 @@ static void test(void)
         .ctx = aio_context_new(&error_abort),
     };
 
+    if (td.ctx->fdmon_ops != &fdmon_poll_ops) {
+        /* This test is tied to fdmon-poll.c */
+        g_test_skip("fdmon_poll_ops not in use");
+        return;
+    }
+
     qemu_set_current_aio_context(td.ctx);
 
     /* Enable polling */
     aio_context_set_poll_params(td.ctx, 1000000, 2, 2, &error_abort);
 
-    /*
-     * The GSource is unused but this has the side-effect of changing the fdmon
-     * that AioContext uses.
-     */
-    aio_get_g_source(td.ctx);
-
     /* Make the event notifier active (set) right away */
     event_notifier_init(&td.poll_notifier, 1);
     aio_set_event_notifier(td.ctx, &td.poll_notifier,