diff --git a/tests/virttest b/tests/virttest
index 2c9d773604a53a1920192d1192464b952ca31937..be0e421daf423a75dd1714c0b1b62cdbd879d08d 100755
--- a/tests/virttest
+++ b/tests/virttest
@@ -253,9 +253,9 @@ logs_dir=$(awk -F= '/logs_dir/{print$2}' "$conf_file" | xargs | sed "s#^~#$(cd ~
 [ -z "$logs_dir" ] && die "Not found logs_dir in avocado.conf"
 
 if [ "$arch" = "aarch64" ]; then
-    [ "$vt_machine_type" = "q35" ] && die "$arch vt_machine_type=$vt_machine_type"
+    [ "$vt_machine_type" = "q35" ] && echo "$arch vt_machine_type=$vt_machine_type, skip run" && exit 0
 else
-    [ "$vt_machine_type" = "arm64-pci" ] && die "$arch vt_machine_type=$vt_machine_type"
+    [ "$vt_machine_type" = "arm64-pci" ] && echo "$arch vt_machine_type=$vt_machine_type, skip run" && exit 0
 fi
 
 [ -z "$vt_name" ] && vt_name=$vt_reference