diff --git a/lib/fault-inject.c b/lib/fault-inject.c
index 6805453..f7210ad 100644
--- a/lib/fault-inject.c
+++ b/lib/fault-inject.c
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@
 
 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;