diff --git a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
index 8eb9d2e01bbfe1e374b299225de7a35e57b7bebe..bf89f49acab4da170cf8d40009322661855d4af6 100644
--- a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
+++ b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
@@ -2959,6 +2959,9 @@ testQueryJobs(const void *opaque)
     size_t i;
     int ret = -1;
 
+    if (!test)
+        return -1;
+
     if (virAsprintf(&filenameJSON,
                     abs_srcdir "/qemumonitorjsondata/query-jobs-%s.json",
                     data->name) < 0 ||