diff --git a/gdb-port/tests/unit/top-level-parse.py b/gdb-port/tests/unit/top-level-parse.py
index cb1c5d0c4bb175ec00c12fa2f022e06135626e13..376381c7dddf06d82037a4d1f1289a05a3bc2fb8 100644
--- a/gdb-port/tests/unit/top-level-parse.py
+++ b/gdb-port/tests/unit/top-level-parse.py
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ class TopLevelParseStateManagement(unittest.TestCase):
 		self.top_level_parse.enter_h_arena_malloc_raw(256)
 		self.assertEqual(self.parser1.bytes_used[int(self._arena.address)], 256)
 
-	@skipIf(self.top_level_parse.memory_stat_method == HammerMemoryStatisticsMethod.DETAILED_ARENA_STATS)
+	# A bit hacky: relying on the top_level_parse initialized by top-level-parse.py, because we have no reference to the testcase
+	@unittest.skipIf(top_level_parse.memory_stat_method == HammerMemoryStatisticsMethod.DETAILED_ARENA_STATS, "malloc-based allocation counts disabled")
 	def test_enter_h_arena_malloc_raw(self):
 		self.top_level_parse.parser_stacks.append(self.ps1)
 		self.top_level_parse.parser_objs[32] = self.parser1