diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-snapshot.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-snapshot.tc
index f84b80d551a2804bc44c29f4392453dd4690bac8..ed94f0c4e0e4610b01025d71c1b0b2d41b7fcc44 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-snapshot.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-snapshot.tc
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ if [ ! -f events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger ]; then
     exit_unsupported
 fi
 
+if [ ! -f snapshot ]; then
+    echo "snapshot is not supported"
+    exit_unsupported
+fi
+
 reset_tracer
 do_reset