diff --git a/tests/acceptance/boot_linux_console.py b/tests/acceptance/boot_linux_console.py
index c6b06a1a138f..12725d452905 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/boot_linux_console.py
+++ b/tests/acceptance/boot_linux_console.py
@@ -28,19 +28,13 @@
 except CmdNotFoundError:
     P7ZIP_AVAILABLE = False
 
-class BootLinuxConsole(Test):
-    """
-    Boots a Linux kernel and checks that the console is operational and the
-    kernel command line is properly passed from QEMU to the kernel
-    """
-
-    timeout = 90
-
+class LinuxKernelTest(Test):
     KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE = 'printk.time=0 '
 
-    def wait_for_console_pattern(self, success_message):
+    def wait_for_console_pattern(self, success_message, vm=None):
         wait_for_console_pattern(self, success_message,
-                                 failure_message='Kernel panic - not syncing')
+                                 failure_message='Kernel panic - not syncing',
+                                 vm=vm)
 
     def extract_from_deb(self, deb, path):
         """
@@ -79,6 +73,13 @@ def extract_from_rpm(self, rpm, path):
         os.chdir(cwd)
         return os.path.normpath(os.path.join(self.workdir, path))
 
+class BootLinuxConsole(LinuxKernelTest):
+    """
+    Boots a Linux kernel and checks that the console is operational and the
+    kernel command line is properly passed from QEMU to the kernel
+    """
+    timeout = 90
+
     def test_x86_64_pc(self):
         """
         :avocado: tags=arch:x86_64