diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/efivarfs/efivarfs.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/efivarfs/efivarfs.sh
index a47029a799d2c0b418c0b87c6eb9b250e3f8c80b..d3866100e8849bbdf32a342075d4aa8a9ca179de 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/efivarfs/efivarfs.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/efivarfs/efivarfs.sh
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ test_create_empty()
 test_create_read()
 {
 	local file=$efivarfs_mount/$FUNCNAME-$test_guid
+	if [ -f $file]; then
+		chattr -i $file
+		rm -rf $file
+	fi
 	./create-read $file
 }