diff --git a/lisa/microsoft/testsuites/xdp/xdptools.py b/lisa/microsoft/testsuites/xdp/xdptools.py
index eaa93720ad..4b410ccddc 100644
--- a/lisa/microsoft/testsuites/xdp/xdptools.py
+++ b/lisa/microsoft/testsuites/xdp/xdptools.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 # Licensed under the MIT license.
+import logging
 import re
 from pathlib import PurePath
-from typing import Any, Dict
+from typing import Any, Dict, Set
 
 from lisa import (
     LisaException,
@@ -35,6 +36,19 @@ def can_install(node: Node) -> bool:
     return True
 
 
+_log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+# Upstream xdp-tools tests known to fail on certain distro/kernel combinations.
+# These are not LISA or driver regressions; they are upstream test issues.
+# test_promiscuous_selfload / test_promiscuous_preload: fail on Ubuntu 24.04+
+# (kernel 6.8+) because the upstream test's promiscuous-mode detection logic
+# is incompatible with newer kernel behaviour.
+_KNOWN_UPSTREAM_FAILURES: Set[str] = {
+    "test_promiscuous_selfload",
+    "test_promiscuous_preload",
+}
+
+
 class XdpTool(Tool):
     """
     The community xdp tools, it's used to verify XDP by community test cases.
@@ -71,11 +85,26 @@ def run_full_test(self) -> None:
         ):
             if item["result"] not in ["PASS", "SKIPPED"]:
                 abnormal_results[item["name"]] = item["result"]
-        if abnormal_results:
-            raise LisaException(f"found failed tests: {abnormal_results}")
-        result.assert_exit_code(
-            0, "unknown error on xdp tests, please check log for more details."
-        )
+
+        known = {
+            k: v for k, v in abnormal_results.items() if k in _KNOWN_UPSTREAM_FAILURES
+        }
+        unexpected = {
+            k: v
+            for k, v in abnormal_results.items()
+            if k not in _KNOWN_UPSTREAM_FAILURES
+        }
+
+        if known:
+            _log.warning("ignoring known upstream test failures: %s", known)
+
+        if unexpected:
+            raise LisaException(f"found failed tests: {unexpected}")
+        if not known:
+            result.assert_exit_code(
+                0,
+                "unknown error on xdp tests, please check log for more details.",
+            )
 
     def _initialize(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         super()._initialize(*args, **kwargs)