diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/parted/files/0001-t9042-dos-partition-limit.sh-unconditionally-skip.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/parted/files/0001-t9042-dos-partition-limit.sh-unconditionally-skip.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bec7eabebe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/parted/files/0001-t9042-dos-partition-limit.sh-unconditionally-skip.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From b03c399e392c492782e680f66dd47bd34b325ab9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Trevor Gamblin <tgamblin@baylibre.com>
+Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 09:45:06 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] t9042-dos-partition-limit.sh: unconditionally skip
+
+This test is prone to failure under heavy system load, especially for
+guests using TCG emulation (e.g. qemuriscv64 on an x86 host). Skip it.
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [oe specific]
+
+Signed-off-by: Trevor Gamblin <tgamblin@baylibre.com>
+---
+ tests/t9042-dos-partition-limit.sh | 2 ++
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/tests/t9042-dos-partition-limit.sh b/tests/t9042-dos-partition-limit.sh
+index 87a32df..d6e8d75 100644
+--- a/tests/t9042-dos-partition-limit.sh
++++ b/tests/t9042-dos-partition-limit.sh
+@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
+ require_root_
+ require_scsi_debug_module_
+ 
++skip_ 'this test frequently reports a timeout under heavy system load'
++
+ grep '^#define USE_BLKID 1' "$CONFIG_HEADER" > /dev/null ||
+   skip_ 'this system lacks a new-enough libblkid'
+ 
+-- 
+2.55.0
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/parted/parted_3.7.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/parted/parted_3.7.bb
index dfa3ee163d..a669919dd7 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/parted/parted_3.7.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/parted/parted_3.7.bb
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/parted/parted-${PV}.tar.xz \
            file://run-ptest \
            "
 
+SRC_URI:append:riscv64 = " file://0001-t9042-dos-partition-limit.sh-unconditionally-skip.patch \
+                           "
+
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "008de57561a4f3c25a0648e66ed11e7b30be493889b64334a6d70f2c1951ef7b"
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig gettext texinfo ptest
