--- a/tests/timestamp
+++ b/tests/timestamp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 export TZ
 oldIFS=$IFS

+if [ "$DEB_HOST_ARCH" != "mips64el" ]; then
 # On platforms supporting timestamps outside gzip's range,
 # test that gzip warns when converting them to gzip format.
 for time_date in \
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@
   fi
   rm -f in.gz in
 done
+fi

 # Test that timestamps in range for gzip do not generate warnings.
 for time_date in \