diff --git a/fabtests/pytest/efa/efa_common.py b/fabtests/pytest/efa/efa_common.py
index 4f5da4faf02..d5f0eb959c0 100644
--- a/fabtests/pytest/efa/efa_common.py
+++ b/fabtests/pytest/efa/efa_common.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 import subprocess
 import functools
 from common import SshConnectionError, is_ssh_connection_error, has_ssh_connection_err_msg, ClientServerTest
@@ -66,6 +67,29 @@ def has_gdrcopy(hostname):
     process = subprocess.run(command, shell=True, check=False, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
     return process.returncode == 0
 
+def has_rdma(cmdline_args, operation):
+    """
+    determine whether a host has rdma <operation> enabled in efa device
+    hostname: a host
+    operation: rdma operation name, allowed values are read and write
+    return: a boolean
+    """
+    assert operation in ["read", "write"]
+    binpath = cmdline_args.binpath or ""
+    cmd = "timeout " + str(cmdline_args.timeout) \
+          + " " + os.path.join(binpath, f"fi_efa_rdma_checker -o {operation}")
+    if cmdline_args.environments:
+        cmd = cmdline_args.environments + " " + cmd
+    proc = subprocess.run("ssh {} {}".format(cmdline_args.server_id, cmd),
+               stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+               stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+               shell=True,
+               universal_newlines=True)
+    if has_ssh_connection_err_msg(proc.stdout):
+        raise SshConnectionError()
+
+    return proc.returncode == 0
+
 def efa_retrieve_gid(hostname):
     """
     return the GID of efa device on a host
diff --git a/fabtests/pytest/efa/test_efa_protocol_selection.py b/fabtests/pytest/efa/test_efa_protocol_selection.py
index 76212febc10..949f2982304 100644
--- a/fabtests/pytest/efa/test_efa_protocol_selection.py
+++ b/fabtests/pytest/efa/test_efa_protocol_selection.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import pytest
 
-from efa.efa_common import has_gdrcopy
+from efa.efa_common import has_gdrcopy, has_rdma
 
 
 # TODO Expand this test to run on all memory types (and rename)
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ def test_transfer_with_read_protocol_cuda(cmdline_args, fabtest_name, cntrl_env_
     from common import has_cuda, has_hmem_support
     from efa.efa_common import efa_run_client_server_test, efa_retrieve_hw_counter_value
 
+    if cntrl_env_var == "FI_EFA_INTER_MIN_READ_WRITE_SIZE" and has_rdma(cmdline_args, "write"):
+        pytest.skip("FI_EFA_INTER_MIN_READ_WRITE_SIZE is only applied to emulated write protocols")
+
     if cmdline_args.server_id == cmdline_args.client_id:
         pytest.skip("No read for intra-node communication")