diff --git a/test/libscap/test_suites/engines/savefile/converter.cpp b/test/libscap/test_suites/engines/savefile/converter.cpp
index e38c4ee6d1..8a0d822988 100644
--- a/test/libscap/test_suites/engines/savefile/converter.cpp
+++ b/test/libscap/test_suites/engines/savefile/converter.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,19 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 #include "convert_event_test.h"
 
+TEST_F(convert_event_test, conversion_not_needed) {
+	uint64_t ts = 12;
+	int64_t tid = 25;
+	const char data[] = "hello world";
+
+	auto evt = create_safe_scap_event(ts,
+	                                  tid,
+	                                  PPME_CONTAINER_JSON_2_E,
+	                                  1,
+	                                  scap_const_sized_buffer{&data, strlen(data) + 1});
+	assert_single_conversion_failure(evt);
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////
 // READ
 ////////////////////////////
diff --git a/userspace/libscap/engine/savefile/converter/converter.cpp b/userspace/libscap/engine/savefile/converter/converter.cpp
index e0fdacc5ca..a0c8195df4 100644
--- a/userspace/libscap/engine/savefile/converter/converter.cpp
+++ b/userspace/libscap/engine/savefile/converter/converter.cpp
@@ -253,6 +253,10 @@ static uint16_t copy_old_params(scap_evt *new_evt, scap_evt *evt_to_convert) {
 	return new_evt_offset + size_to_copy;
 }
 
+static bool is_large_payload(scap_evt *evt_to_convert) {
+	return g_event_info[evt_to_convert->type].flags & EF_LARGE_PAYLOAD;
+}
+
 extern "C" bool is_conversion_needed(scap_evt *evt_to_convert) {
 	assert(evt_to_convert->type < PPM_EVENT_MAX);
 	const struct ppm_event_info *event_info = &(g_event_info[evt_to_convert->type]);
@@ -297,6 +301,15 @@ static conversion_result convert_event(scap_evt *new_evt,
                                        scap_evt *evt_to_convert,
                                        const conversion_info &ci,
                                        char *error) {
+	// todo!: add the support for large payload events if we need to handle at least one of them.
+	if(is_large_payload(evt_to_convert)) {
+		snprintf(error,
+		         SCAP_LASTERR_SIZE,
+		         "The event '%d' has a large payload. We don't support it yet.",
+		         evt_to_convert->type);
+		return CONVERSION_ERROR;
+	}
+
 	/////////////////////////////
 	// Dispatch the action
 	/////////////////////////////