diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/.gitignore
index 2659417cb2c7..4d7fcb828850 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 logs
+poll