diff --git a/tests/config/traceViewerFixtures.ts b/tests/config/traceViewerFixtures.ts
index 7044e30a29..3b79a55e98 100644
--- a/tests/config/traceViewerFixtures.ts
+++ b/tests/config/traceViewerFixtures.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ type BaseWorkerFixtures = {
 
 export type TraceViewerFixtures = {
   showTraceViewer: (trace: string[], options?: {host?: string, port?: number}) => Promise<TraceViewerPage>;
-  runAndTrace: (body: () => Promise<void>) => Promise<TraceViewerPage>;
+  runAndTrace: (body: () => Promise<void>, optsOverrides?: Parameters<BrowserContext['tracing']['start']>[0]) => Promise<TraceViewerPage>;
 };
 
 class TraceViewerPage {
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ export const traceViewerFixtures: Fixtures<TraceViewerFixtures, {}, BaseTestFixt
   },
 
   runAndTrace: async ({ context, showTraceViewer }, use, testInfo) => {
-    await use(async (body: () => Promise<void>) => {
+    await use(async (body: () => Promise<void>, optsOverrides = {}) => {
       const traceFile = testInfo.outputPath('trace.zip');
-      await context.tracing.start({ snapshots: true, screenshots: true, sources: true });
+      await context.tracing.start({ snapshots: true, screenshots: true, sources: true, ...optsOverrides });
       await body();
       await context.tracing.stop({ path: traceFile });
       return showTraceViewer([traceFile]);
diff --git a/tests/library/trace-viewer.spec.ts b/tests/library/trace-viewer.spec.ts
index 74e02c1ef3..f8aaf9d0df 100644
--- a/tests/library/trace-viewer.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/library/trace-viewer.spec.ts
@@ -1483,3 +1483,15 @@ test('should allow showing screenshots instead of snapshots', async ({ runAndTra
   await expect(screenshot).toBeVisible();
 });
 
+test('should handle case where neither snapshots nor screenshots exist', async ({ runAndTrace, page, server }) => {
+  const traceViewer = await runAndTrace(async () => {
+    await page.goto(server.PREFIX + '/one-style.html');
+  }, { snapshots: false, screenshots: false });
+
+  await traceViewer.page.getByTitle('Settings').click();
+  await traceViewer.page.getByText('Show screenshot instead of snapshot').setChecked(true);
+
+  const screenshot = traceViewer.page.getByAltText(`Screenshot of page.goto > Action`);
+  await expect(screenshot).not.toBeVisible();
+});
+