diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.tui/tui-layout.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.tui/tui-layout.exp
index c7fdb1b0c0ad6fe505e6c6e6822c396ec2dd2b5e..13823387e7247cd0caea59bff1e2fde2136f975f 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.tui/tui-layout.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.tui/tui-layout.exp
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ proc test_layout_or_focus {layout_name terminal execution} {
     }
 
     if {$dumb_terminal} {
+	if { [is_remote host] } {
+	    # setenv TERM dummy has no effect on remote host.
+	    return
+	}
 	gdb_test "layout $layout_name" \
 	    "Cannot enable the TUI: terminal doesn't support cursor addressing \\\[TERM=dumb\\\]"
     } else {