diff --git a/test/unit/unittest.sh b/test/unit/unittest.sh
index c7b3c6733..bf29f0452 100755
--- a/test/unit/unittest.sh
+++ b/test/unit/unittest.sh
@@ -269,7 +269,11 @@ if grep -q '#define SPDK_CONFIG_VFIO_USER 1' $rootdir/include/spdk/config.h; the
 fi
 
 run_test "unittest_scsi" unittest_scsi
-run_test "unittest_sock" unittest_sock
+# There are several intermittent sock_ut failures on FreeBSD that need to be debugged.
+# So just disable running it on FreeBSD for now.  See issue #2943.
+if [ $(uname -s) = Linux ]; then
+	run_test "unittest_sock" unittest_sock
+fi
 run_test "unittest_thread" $valgrind $testdir/lib/thread/thread.c/thread_ut
 run_test "unittest_iobuf" $valgrind $testdir/lib/thread/iobuf.c/iobuf_ut
 run_test "unittest_util" unittest_util