diff --git a/src/trace_processor/importers/ftrace/mali_gpu_event_tracker.cc b/src/trace_processor/importers/ftrace/mali_gpu_event_tracker.cc
index 406479764f..088dbb5a7d 100644
--- a/src/trace_processor/importers/ftrace/mali_gpu_event_tracker.cc
+++ b/src/trace_processor/importers/ftrace/mali_gpu_event_tracker.cc
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ void MaliGpuEventTracker::ParseMaliGpuEvent(int64_t ts,
                                             uint32_t pid) {
   using protos::pbzero::FtraceEvent;
 
+  // It seems like it is not correct to add to add any of these slices
+  // in the normal thread slice track since they are not guaranteed to
+  // be correctly nested with respect to atrace events.
+  // For now just disable all mali events by early returning here.
+  // TODO(b/294866695): Consider how to best visualise these events.
+  if (ts != 0) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   UniqueTid utid = context_->process_tracker->GetOrCreateThread(pid);
   TrackId track_id = context_->track_tracker->InternThreadTrack(utid);
 
@@ -117,8 +126,11 @@ void MaliGpuEventTracker::ParseMaliKcpuCqsSet(int64_t timestamp,
                                   mali_KCPU_CQS_SET_id_, 0);
 }
 
-void MaliGpuEventTracker::ParseMaliKcpuCqsWaitStart(int64_t timestamp,
-                                                    TrackId track_id) {
+PERFETTO_NORETURN void MaliGpuEventTracker::ParseMaliKcpuCqsWaitStart(
+    int64_t timestamp,
+    TrackId track_id) {
+  // TODO(b/294866695): Remove
+  PERFETTO_FATAL("This causes incorrectly nested slices at present.");
   context_->slice_tracker->Begin(timestamp, track_id, kNullStringId,
                                  mali_KCPU_CQS_WAIT_id_);
 }
diff --git a/test/trace_processor/diff_tests/graphics/tests.py b/test/trace_processor/diff_tests/graphics/tests.py
index 7ab6c89012..04a86bd7b1 100644
--- a/test/trace_processor/diff_tests/graphics/tests.py
+++ b/test/trace_processor/diff_tests/graphics/tests.py
@@ -391,105 +391,106 @@ def test_virtio_gpu(self):
         1345090746311,1167135,"CTX_DETACH_RESOURCE"
         """))
 
+  # TODO(b/294866695): Reenable
   # mali GPU events
-  def test_mali(self):
-    return DiffTestBlueprint(
-        trace=TextProto(r"""
-        packet {
-          ftrace_events {
-            cpu: 2
-            event {
-              timestamp: 751796307210
-              pid: 2857
-              mali_mali_KCPU_CQS_WAIT_START {
-                info_val1: 1
-                info_val2: 0
-                kctx_tgid: 2201
-                kctx_id: 10
-                id: 0
-              }
-            }
-            event {
-              timestamp: 751800621175
-              pid: 2857
-              mali_mali_KCPU_CQS_WAIT_END {
-                info_val1: 412313493488
-                info_val2: 0
-                kctx_tgid: 2201
-                kctx_id: 10
-                id: 0
-              }
-            }
-            event {
-              timestamp: 751800638997
-              pid: 2857
-              mali_mali_KCPU_CQS_SET {
-                info_val1: 412313493480
-                info_val2: 0
-                kctx_tgid: 2201
-                kctx_id: 10
-                id: 0
-              }
-            }
-          }
-        }
-        """),
-        query="""
-        SELECT ts, dur, name FROM slice WHERE name GLOB "mali_KCPU_CQS*";
-        """,
-        out=Csv("""
-        "ts","dur","name"
-        751796307210,4313965,"mali_KCPU_CQS_WAIT"
-        751800638997,0,"mali_KCPU_CQS_SET"
-        """))
+  #def test_mali(self):
+  #  return DiffTestBlueprint(
+  #      trace=TextProto(r"""
+  #      packet {
+  #        ftrace_events {
+  #          cpu: 2
+  #          event {
+  #            timestamp: 751796307210
+  #            pid: 2857
+  #            mali_mali_KCPU_CQS_WAIT_START {
+  #              info_val1: 1
+  #              info_val2: 0
+  #              kctx_tgid: 2201
+  #              kctx_id: 10
+  #              id: 0
+  #            }
+  #          }
+  #          event {
+  #            timestamp: 751800621175
+  #            pid: 2857
+  #            mali_mali_KCPU_CQS_WAIT_END {
+  #              info_val1: 412313493488
+  #              info_val2: 0
+  #              kctx_tgid: 2201
+  #              kctx_id: 10
+  #              id: 0
+  #            }
+  #          }
+  #          event {
+  #            timestamp: 751800638997
+  #            pid: 2857
+  #            mali_mali_KCPU_CQS_SET {
+  #              info_val1: 412313493480
+  #              info_val2: 0
+  #              kctx_tgid: 2201
+  #              kctx_id: 10
+  #              id: 0
+  #            }
+  #          }
+  #        }
+  #      }
+  #      """),
+  #      query="""
+  #      SELECT ts, dur, name FROM slice WHERE name GLOB "mali_KCPU_CQS*";
+  #      """,
+  #      out=Csv("""
+  #      "ts","dur","name"
+  #      751796307210,4313965,"mali_KCPU_CQS_WAIT"
+  #      751800638997,0,"mali_KCPU_CQS_SET"
+  #      """))
 
-  def test_mali_fence(self):
-    return DiffTestBlueprint(
-        trace=TextProto(r"""
-        packet {
-          ftrace_events {
-            cpu: 2
-            event {
-              timestamp: 751796307210
-              pid: 2857
-              mali_mali_KCPU_FENCE_WAIT_START {
-                info_val1: 1
-                info_val2: 0
-                kctx_tgid: 2201
-                kctx_id: 10
-                id: 0
-              }
-            }
-            event {
-              timestamp: 751800621175
-              pid: 2857
-              mali_mali_KCPU_FENCE_WAIT_END {
-                info_val1: 412313493488
-                info_val2: 0
-                kctx_tgid: 2201
-                kctx_id: 10
-                id: 0
-              }
-            }
-            event {
-              timestamp: 751800638997
-              pid: 2857
-              mali_mali_KCPU_FENCE_SIGNAL {
-                info_val1: 412313493480
-                info_val2: 0
-                kctx_tgid: 2201
-                kctx_id: 10
-                id: 0
-              }
-            }
-          }
-        }
-        """),
-        query="""
-        SELECT ts, dur, name FROM slice WHERE name GLOB "mali_KCPU_FENCE*";
-        """,
-        out=Csv("""
-        "ts","dur","name"
-        751796307210,4313965,"mali_KCPU_FENCE_WAIT"
-        751800638997,0,"mali_KCPU_FENCE_SIGNAL"
-        """))
+  #def test_mali_fence(self):
+  #  return DiffTestBlueprint(
+  #      trace=TextProto(r"""
+  #      packet {
+  #        ftrace_events {
+  #          cpu: 2
+  #          event {
+  #            timestamp: 751796307210
+  #            pid: 2857
+  #            mali_mali_KCPU_FENCE_WAIT_START {
+  #              info_val1: 1
+  #              info_val2: 0
+  #              kctx_tgid: 2201
+  #              kctx_id: 10
+  #              id: 0
+  #            }
+  #          }
+  #          event {
+  #            timestamp: 751800621175
+  #            pid: 2857
+  #            mali_mali_KCPU_FENCE_WAIT_END {
+  #              info_val1: 412313493488
+  #              info_val2: 0
+  #              kctx_tgid: 2201
+  #              kctx_id: 10
+  #              id: 0
+  #            }
+  #          }
+  #          event {
+  #            timestamp: 751800638997
+  #            pid: 2857
+  #            mali_mali_KCPU_FENCE_SIGNAL {
+  #              info_val1: 412313493480
+  #              info_val2: 0
+  #              kctx_tgid: 2201
+  #              kctx_id: 10
+  #              id: 0
+  #            }
+  #          }
+  #        }
+  #      }
+  #      """),
+  #      query="""
+  #      SELECT ts, dur, name FROM slice WHERE name GLOB "mali_KCPU_FENCE*";
+  #      """,
+  #      out=Csv("""
+  #      "ts","dur","name"
+  #      751796307210,4313965,"mali_KCPU_FENCE_WAIT"
+  #      751800638997,0,"mali_KCPU_FENCE_SIGNAL"
+  #      """))