diff --git a/tests/jax/test_distributed_fused_attn.py b/tests/jax/test_distributed_fused_attn.py
index d34afb340c..4ef56b1b10 100644
--- a/tests/jax/test_distributed_fused_attn.py
+++ b/tests/jax/test_distributed_fused_attn.py
@@ -423,21 +423,32 @@ def test_contex_parallel_self_attn(
         num_kv_heads = num_head // kv_groups
         scaling_factor = 1.0 / np.sqrt(num_head)
 
-        if not is_fused_attn_kernel_available(
-            dtype,
-            dtype,
-            qkv_layout,
-            attn_bias_type,
-            attn_mask_type,
-            dropout_prob,
-            num_head,
-            num_kv_heads,
-            seqlen,
-            seqlen,
-            hidden,
-            None,  # no window
-        ):
-            pytest.skip(f"No FusedAttn backend found")
+        def check_has_backend_for_mask(mask_type):
+            return is_fused_attn_kernel_available(
+                dtype,
+                dtype,
+                qkv_layout,
+                attn_bias_type,
+                attn_mask_type,
+                dropout_prob,
+                num_head,
+                num_kv_heads,
+                seqlen,
+                seqlen,
+                hidden,
+                None,
+            )  # no SWA for CP
+
+        # For causal masking we depend on having bottom right support also.
+        # The API does not check this and instead we rely on lower level checks to raise
+        # and exception if the step backend is not supported. This was a deliberate API
+        # decision to keep the CP size or flag out of the function.
+        has_backend = check_has_backend_for_mask(attn_mask_type)
+        if cp_size > 1 and attn_mask_type == AttnMaskType.CAUSAL_MASK:
+            has_backend &= check_has_backend_for_mask(AttnMaskType.CAUSAL_BOTTOM_RIGHT_MASK)
+
+        if not has_backend:
+            pytest.skip(f"No FusedAttn backend found {cp_size=} {attn_mask_type=}.")
 
         if dp_size > 1 and batch % dp_size != 0:
             pytest.skip(f"Skipping {batch=} not a multiple of {dp_size=}")