diff --git a/lib/fault-inject.c b/lib/fault-inject.c
index 6805453c18e78a9d51592cb8ff3313fdbd3acc9a..f7210ad6cffd44c2486f8fef542dc5fa5affdae3 100644
--- a/lib/fault-inject.c
+++ b/lib/fault-inject.c
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ static inline bool fail_stacktrace(struct fault_attr *attr)
 
 bool should_fail(struct fault_attr *attr, ssize_t size)
 {
+	/* No need to check any other properties if the probability is 0 */
+	if (attr->probability == 0)
+		return false;
+
 	if (attr->task_filter && !fail_task(attr, current))
 		return false;