diff --git a/test/cryptsuite.py b/test/cryptsuite.py
index 4a077857..1a2f18b4 100755
--- a/test/cryptsuite.py
+++ b/test/cryptsuite.py
@@ -1106,6 +1106,8 @@ class crypt(MyTestBase):
 
         for alg, keylen, ivlen, simple_cbc, c in ciphers:
             cipher = ssh_cipher_new(alg)
+            if cipher is None:
+                continue # hardware-accelerated cipher not available
 
             ssh_cipher_setkey(cipher, k[:keylen])
             if ivlen is not None: