diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_zswap.c b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_zswap.c
index a7bdcdd09d62..a94238a2e048 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_zswap.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_zswap.c
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 #include "kselftest.h"
 #include "cgroup_util.h"
 
+#define PATH_ZSWAP "/sys/module/zswap"
+#define PATH_ZSWAP_ENABLED "/sys/module/zswap/parameters/enabled"
+
 static int read_int(const char *path, size_t *value)
 {
 	FILE *file;
@@ -725,9 +728,18 @@ struct zswap_test {
 };
 #undef T
 
-static bool zswap_configured(void)
+static void check_zswap_enabled(void)
 {
-	return access("/sys/module/zswap", F_OK) == 0;
+	char value[2];
+
+	if (access(PATH_ZSWAP, F_OK))
+		ksft_exit_skip("zswap isn't configured\n");
+
+	if (read_text(PATH_ZSWAP_ENABLED, value, sizeof(value)) <= 0)
+		ksft_exit_fail_msg("Failed to read " PATH_ZSWAP_ENABLED "\n");
+
+	if (value[0] == 'N')
+		ksft_exit_skip("zswap is disabled (hint: echo 1 > " PATH_ZSWAP_ENABLED ")\n");
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
@@ -740,8 +752,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (cg_find_unified_root(root, sizeof(root), NULL))
 		ksft_exit_skip("cgroup v2 isn't mounted\n");
 
-	if (!zswap_configured())
-		ksft_exit_skip("zswap isn't configured\n");
+	check_zswap_enabled();
 
 	/*
 	 * Check that memory controller is available: