diff --git a/tests/compute/qemu/test_qemu_vm.py b/tests/compute/qemu/test_qemu_vm.py
index e3f1816b..b31c16fb 100644
--- a/tests/compute/qemu/test_qemu_vm.py
+++ b/tests/compute/qemu/test_qemu_vm.py
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ async def test_build_command(vm, fake_qemu_binary):
             "-m",
             "256M",
             "-smp",
-            "cpus=1,maxcpus=1",
+            "cpus=1,maxcpus=1,sockets=1",
             "-boot",
             "order=c",
             "-uuid",
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ async def test_build_command_kvm(linux_platform, vm, fake_qemu_binary):
                 "-m",
                 "256M",
                 "-smp",
-                "cpus=1,maxcpus=1",
+                "cpus=1,maxcpus=1,sockets=1",
                 "-enable-kvm",
                 "-boot",
                 "order=c",
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ async def test_build_command_kvm_2_4(linux_platform, vm, fake_qemu_binary):
                 "-m",
                 "256M",
                 "-smp",
-                "cpus=1,maxcpus=1",
+                "cpus=1,maxcpus=1,sockets=1",
                 "-enable-kvm",
                 "-machine",
                 "smm=off",
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ async def test_build_command_two_adapters(vm, fake_qemu_binary):
             "-m",
             "256M",
             "-smp",
-            "cpus=1,maxcpus=1",
+            "cpus=1,maxcpus=1,sockets=1",
             "-boot",
             "order=c",
             "-uuid",