diff --git a/firmware/controllers/trigger/trigger_central.cpp b/firmware/controllers/trigger/trigger_central.cpp
index 5ad8ae7c56..dde4b72c4e 100644
--- a/firmware/controllers/trigger/trigger_central.cpp
+++ b/firmware/controllers/trigger/trigger_central.cpp
@@ -207,6 +207,11 @@ static bool isUpEvent[6] = { false, true, false, true, false, true };
 static const char *eventId[6] = { CRANK1, CRANK1, CRANK2, CRANK2, CRANK3, CRANK3 };
 
 static ALWAYS_INLINE void reportEventToWaveChart(trigger_event_e ckpSignalType, int index DECLARE_ENGINE_PARAMETER_SUFFIX) {
+	if (!ENGINE(isEngineChartEnabled)) { // this is here just as a shortcut so that we avoid engine sniffer as soon as possible
+		return; // engineSnifferRpmThreshold is accounted for inside ENGINE(isEngineChartEnabled)
+	}
+
+
 	itoa10(&shaft_signal_msg_index[2], index);
 	bool isUp = isUpEvent[(int) ckpSignalType];
 	shaft_signal_msg_index[0] = isUp ? 'u' : 'd';