diff --git a/src/runtime/crash_cgo_test.go b/src/runtime/crash_cgo_test.go
index 5d5eb33fde..1bf5d50b83 100644
--- a/src/runtime/crash_cgo_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/crash_cgo_test.go
@@ -730,7 +730,10 @@ func TestCgoTraceParser(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	output := runTestProg(t, "testprogcgo", "CgoTraceParser")
 	want := "OK\n"
-	if output != want {
+	ErrTimeOrder := "ErrTimeOrder\n"
+	if output == ErrTimeOrder {
+		t.Skipf("skipping due to golang.org/issue/16755: %v", output)
+	} else if output != want {
 		t.Fatalf("want %s, got %s\n", want, output)
 	}
 }
@@ -743,7 +746,10 @@ func TestCgoTraceParserWithOneProc(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	output := runTestProg(t, "testprogcgo", "CgoTraceParser", "GOMAXPROCS=1")
 	want := "OK\n"
-	if output != want {
+	ErrTimeOrder := "ErrTimeOrder\n"
+	if output == ErrTimeOrder {
+		t.Skipf("skipping due to golang.org/issue/16755: %v", output)
+	} else if output != want {
 		t.Fatalf("GOMAXPROCS=1, want %s, got %s\n", want, output)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/runtime/testdata/testprogcgo/issue29707.go b/src/runtime/testdata/testprogcgo/issue29707.go
index 95964b111b..7d9299f131 100644
--- a/src/runtime/testdata/testprogcgo/issue29707.go
+++ b/src/runtime/testdata/testprogcgo/issue29707.go
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ func CgoTraceParser() {
 	trace.Stop()
 
 	_, err := traceparser.Parse(buf, "")
-	if err != nil {
+	if err == traceparser.ErrTimeOrder {
+		fmt.Println("ErrTimeOrder")
+	} else if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Parse error: ", err)
 	} else {
 		fmt.Println("OK")