diff --git a/tools/lkl/tests/lklfuse.sh b/tools/lkl/tests/lklfuse.sh
index 2961aace8e33..093c90f883ce 100755
--- a/tools/lkl/tests/lklfuse.sh
+++ b/tools/lkl/tests/lklfuse.sh
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ if [ -z "$fstype" ]; then
     fstype="ext4"
 fi
 
-if ! [ -x $script_dir/../lklfuse ]; then
+if [ "$LKL_HOST_CONFIG_FUSE" != "y" ]; then
     lkl_test_plan 0 "lklfuse.sh $fstype"
     echo "lklfuse not available"
     exit 0