diff --git a/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh b/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh
index 2ba0324a69..b7baf49d62 100755
--- a/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh
+++ b/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh
@@ -82,7 +82,19 @@ test_bloom_filters_used () {
 test_bloom_filters_not_used () {
 	log_args=$1
 	setup "$log_args" &&
-	! grep -q "statistics:{\"filter_not_present\":" "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/trace.perf" &&
+
+	if grep -q "statistics:{\"filter_not_present\":" "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/trace.perf"
+	then
+		# if the Bloom filter system is initialized, ensure that no
+		# filters were used
+		data="statistics:{"
+		data="$data\"filter_not_present\":0,"
+		data="$data\"maybe\":0,"
+		data="$data\"definitely_not\":0,"
+		data="$data\"false_positive\":0}"
+
+		grep -q "$data" "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/trace.perf"
+	fi &&
 	test_cmp log_wo_bloom log_w_bloom
 }