diff --git a/criu/include/fault-injection.h b/criu/include/fault-injection.h
index 82c3a1f7fc..59adf05b9e 100644
--- a/criu/include/fault-injection.h
+++ b/criu/include/fault-injection.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ enum faults {
 	FI_DONT_USE_PAGEMAP_SCAN = 135,
 	FI_DUMP_CRASH = 136,
 	FI_DISABLE_FREEZE_CGROUP = 137,
+	FI_PLUGIN_CUDA_FORCE_ENABLE = 138,
 	FI_MAX,
 };
 
diff --git a/plugins/cuda/cuda_plugin.c b/plugins/cuda/cuda_plugin.c
index 04d70b114f..db2a0abafb 100644
--- a/plugins/cuda/cuda_plugin.c
+++ b/plugins/cuda/cuda_plugin.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "pid.h"
 #include "proc_parse.h"
 #include "seize.h"
+#include "fault-injection.h"
 
 #include <common/list.h>
 #include <compel/infect.h>
@@ -460,8 +461,15 @@ CR_PLUGIN_REGISTER_HOOK(CR_PLUGIN_HOOK__RESUME_DEVICES_LATE, cuda_plugin_resume_
 
 int cuda_plugin_init(int stage)
 {
-	int ret = cuda_checkpoint_supports_flag("--action");
+	int ret;
 
+	if (fault_injected(FI_VDSO_TRAMPOLINES) || access("/dev/nvidiactl", F_OK)) {
+		pr_info("/dev/nvidiactl doesn't exist. The CUDA plugin is disabled.");
+		plugin_disabled = true;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	ret = cuda_checkpoint_supports_flag("--action");
 	if (ret == -1) {
 		pr_warn("check that %s is present in $PATH\n", CUDA_CHECKPOINT);
 		plugin_disabled = true;
diff --git a/scripts/ci/run-ci-tests.sh b/scripts/ci/run-ci-tests.sh
index 26ea00c537..38b7b5097f 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/run-ci-tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/run-ci-tests.sh
@@ -363,4 +363,4 @@ make -C plugins/amdgpu/ test_topology_remap
 ./test/zdtm.py run -t zdtm/static/maps00 -t zdtm/static/maps02 --criu-plugin amdgpu
 ./test/zdtm.py run -t zdtm/static/maps00 -t zdtm/static/maps02 --criu-plugin amdgpu cuda
 
-./test/zdtm.py run -t zdtm/static/sigpending -t zdtm/static/pthread00 --mocked-cuda-checkpoint
+./test/zdtm.py run -t zdtm/static/sigpending -t zdtm/static/pthread00 --mocked-cuda-checkpoint --fault 138