diff --git a/sonar-scanner-engine/src/test/java/org/sonar/scanner/bootstrap/GlobalTempFolderProviderTest.java b/sonar-scanner-engine/src/test/java/org/sonar/scanner/bootstrap/GlobalTempFolderProviderTest.java
index 19a251859ae0..11a095998397 100644
--- a/sonar-scanner-engine/src/test/java/org/sonar/scanner/bootstrap/GlobalTempFolderProviderTest.java
+++ b/sonar-scanner-engine/src/test/java/org/sonar/scanner/bootstrap/GlobalTempFolderProviderTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributeView;
 import java.nio.file.attribute.FileTime;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ public void cleanUpOld() throws IOException {
       File tmp = new File(workingDir, ".sonartmp_" + i);
       tmp.mkdirs();
       setFileCreationDate(tmp, creationTime);
+      assumeCorrectFileCreationDate(tmp.toPath(), creationTime);
     }
 
     tempFolderProvider.provide(
@@ -159,4 +161,15 @@ private void setFileCreationDate(File f, long time) throws IOException {
     FileTime creationTime = FileTime.fromMillis(time);
     attributes.setTimes(creationTime, creationTime, creationTime);
   }
+
+  // See SONAR-22159, the test started failing due to issues in setting the correct creation time on Cirrus, skipping the test if the problem
+  // happens
+  private void assumeCorrectFileCreationDate(Path tmp, long creationTime) throws IOException {
+    FileTime fileCreationTimeSet = Files.getFileAttributeView(tmp, BasicFileAttributeView.class).readAttributes().creationTime();
+    FileTime expectedCreationTime = FileTime.fromMillis(creationTime);
+
+    assumeTrue(String.format("Incorrect creation date set on temporary file %s: %s set instead of %s",
+        tmp.toAbsolutePath(), fileCreationTimeSet, expectedCreationTime),
+      expectedCreationTime.compareTo(fileCreationTimeSet) >= 0);
+  }
 }