diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3.c b/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3.c
index cd4582129c7d69c1e45b6a3acbd7a5f2c6c07e67..4fce46afe6db812fee6544caea897565994d28e0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3.c
@@ -195,5 +195,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	test_clone3(CLONE_NEWPID, getpagesize() + 8, -E2BIG,
 			CLONE3_ARGS_NO_TEST);
 
+	/* Do a clone3() in a new time namespace */
+	test_clone3(CLONE_NEWTIME, 0, 0, CLONE3_ARGS_NO_TEST);
+
 	return !ksft_get_fail_cnt() ? ksft_exit_pass() : ksft_exit_fail();
 }