diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
index 4a69c07f4101..8f3c80e13584 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
@@ -18,6 +18,32 @@
 #define PERF_TP_SAMPLE_TYPE (PERF_SAMPLE_RAW | PERF_SAMPLE_TIME | \
 			     PERF_SAMPLE_CPU | PERF_SAMPLE_PERIOD)
 
+#if defined(__s390x__)
+/* Return true if kvm module is available and loaded. Test this
+ * and retun success when trace point kvm_s390_create_vm
+ * exists. Otherwise this test always fails.
+ */
+static bool kvm_s390_create_vm_valid(void)
+{
+	char *eventfile;
+	bool rc = false;
+
+	eventfile = get_events_file("kvm-s390");
+
+	if (eventfile) {
+		DIR *mydir = opendir(eventfile);
+
+		if (mydir) {
+			rc = true;
+			closedir(mydir);
+		}
+		put_events_file(eventfile);
+	}
+
+	return rc;
+}
+#endif
+
 static int test__checkevent_tracepoint(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel = perf_evlist__first(evlist);
@@ -1642,6 +1668,7 @@ static struct evlist_test test__events[] = {
 	{
 		.name  = "kvm-s390:kvm_s390_create_vm",
 		.check = test__checkevent_tracepoint,
+		.valid = kvm_s390_create_vm_valid,
 		.id    = 100,
 	},
 #endif