diff --git a/test/jdk/sun/security/pkcs11/ec/ReadCertificates.java b/test/jdk/sun/security/pkcs11/ec/ReadCertificates.java
index 4b4a6a20a4a..e82470f35a1 100644
--- a/test/jdk/sun/security/pkcs11/ec/ReadCertificates.java
+++ b/test/jdk/sun/security/pkcs11/ec/ReadCertificates.java
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@
  * questions.
  */
 
+/*
+ * ===========================================================================
+ * (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2024, 2024 All Rights Reserved
+ * ===========================================================================
+ */
+
 /*
  * @test
  * @bug 6405536 6414980 8051972
@@ -41,6 +47,7 @@
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 import java.security.NoSuchProviderException;
 import java.security.Provider;
+import java.security.ProviderException;
 import java.security.PublicKey;
 import java.security.SecureRandom;
 import java.security.SignatureException;
@@ -182,6 +189,15 @@ public void main(Provider p) throws Exception {
                 }
             } catch (SignatureException | InvalidKeyException e) {
                 System.out.println("OK: " + e);
+            } catch (ProviderException pe) {
+                if (pe.getMessage().contains("cancel failed")
+                    && "s390x".equals(System.getProperty("os.arch"))
+                ) {
+                    System.out.println("NSS error code is different on s390x.");
+                    pe.printStackTrace();
+                } else {
+                    throw pe;
+                }
             }
         }