diff --git a/tests/test_cln_rs.py b/tests/test_cln_rs.py
index f1f04842a..678f03c48 100644
--- a/tests/test_cln_rs.py
+++ b/tests/test_cln_rs.py
@@ -5,11 +5,19 @@ import subprocess
 import pytest
 
 
-# Skip the entire module if we don't have Rust.
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(
-    env('RUST') != '1',
-    reason='RUST is not enabled, skipping rust-dependent tests'
-)
+# Skip the entire module if we don't have Rust. The same is true for
+# VALGRIND, since it sometimes causes false positives in
+# `std::sync::Once`
+pytestmark = [
+    pytest.mark.skipif(
+        env('RUST') != '1',
+        reason='RUST is not enabled skipping rust-dependent tests'
+    ),
+    pytest.mark.skipif(
+        env('VALGRIND') == '1',
+        reason='VALGRIND is enabled skipping rust-dependent tests, as they may report false positives.'
+    ),
+]
 
 
 def test_rpc_client(node_factory):