diff --git a/tests/qtest/readconfig-test.c b/tests/qtest/readconfig-test.c
index 918d45684b..ac7242451b 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/readconfig-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/readconfig-test.c
@@ -207,7 +207,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     if (g_str_equal(arch, "i386") ||
         g_str_equal(arch, "x86_64")) {
         qtest_add_func("readconfig/x86/memdev", test_x86_memdev);
-        qtest_add_func("readconfig/x86/ich9-ehci-uhci", test_docs_config_ich9);
+        if (qtest_has_device("ich9-usb-ehci1") &&
+            qtest_has_device("ich9-usb-uhci1")) {
+            qtest_add_func("readconfig/x86/ich9-ehci-uhci", test_docs_config_ich9);
+        }
     }
 #if defined(CONFIG_SPICE) && !defined(__FreeBSD__)
     qtest_add_func("readconfig/spice", test_spice);