diff --git a/hw/arm/exynos4_boards.c b/hw/arm/exynos4_boards.c
index 2929f9f8ab..26cedecee3 100644
--- a/hw/arm/exynos4_boards.c
+++ b/hw/arm/exynos4_boards.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "sysemu/qtest.h"
 #include "hw/sysbus.h"
 #include "net/net.h"
 #include "hw/arm/arm.h"
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ static void lan9215_init(uint32_t base, qemu_irq irq)
 static Exynos4210State *exynos4_boards_init_common(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args,
                                                    Exynos4BoardType board_type)
 {
-    if (smp_cpus != EXYNOS4210_NCPUS) {
+    if (smp_cpus != EXYNOS4210_NCPUS && !qtest_enabled()) {
         fprintf(stderr, "%s board supports only %d CPU cores. Ignoring smp_cpus"
                 " value.\n",
                 exynos4_machines[board_type].name,