diff --git a/src/pkg/runtime/stack_test.go b/src/pkg/runtime/stack_test.go
index f3fba6a31c..f0c599ac5d 100644
--- a/src/pkg/runtime/stack_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/runtime/stack_test.go
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ func TestStackMem(t *testing.T) {
 
 // Test stack growing in different contexts.
 func TestStackGrowth(t *testing.T) {
+	switch GOARCH {
+	case "386", "arm":
+		t.Skipf("skipping test on %q; see issue 8083", GOARCH)
+	}
 	t.Parallel()
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup