diff --git a/hw/remote/memory.c b/hw/remote/memory.c
index 472ed2a272..6e21ab1a45 100644
--- a/hw/remote/memory.c
+++ b/hw/remote/memory.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ void remote_sysmem_reconfig(MPQemuMsg *msg, Error **errp)
         subregion = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
         memory_region_init_ram_from_fd(subregion, NULL,
                                        name, sysmem_info->sizes[region],
-                                       true, msg->fds[region],
+                                       RAM_SHARED, msg->fds[region],
                                        sysmem_info->offsets[region],
                                        errp);
 
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/virtio-gpu.py b/tests/acceptance/virtio-gpu.py
index 589332c1b7..4acc1e6d5f 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/virtio-gpu.py
+++ b/tests/acceptance/virtio-gpu.py
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ import socket
 import subprocess
 
 
-ACCEL_NOT_AVAILABLE_FMT = "%s accelerator does not seem to be available"
-KVM_NOT_AVAILABLE = ACCEL_NOT_AVAILABLE_FMT % "KVM"
-
-
 def pick_default_vug_bin():
     relative_path = "./contrib/vhost-user-gpu/vhost-user-gpu"
     if is_readable_executable_file(relative_path):
@@ -34,19 +30,23 @@ def pick_default_vug_bin():
 class VirtioGPUx86(Test):
     """
     :avocado: tags=virtio-gpu
+    :avocado: tags=arch:x86_64
+    :avocado: tags=cpu:host
     """
 
-    KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE = "printk.time=0 "
+    KERNEL_COMMAND_LINE = "printk.time=0 console=ttyS0 rdinit=/bin/bash"
     KERNEL_URL = (
         "https://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora"
         "/linux/releases/33/Everything/x86_64/os/images"
         "/pxeboot/vmlinuz"
     )
+    KERNEL_HASH = '1433cfe3f2ffaa44de4ecfb57ec25dc2399cdecf'
     INITRD_URL = (
         "https://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora"
         "/linux/releases/33/Everything/x86_64/os/images"
         "/pxeboot/initrd.img"
     )
+    INITRD_HASH = 'c828d68a027b53e5220536585efe03412332c2d9'
 
     def wait_for_console_pattern(self, success_message, vm=None):
         wait_for_console_pattern(
@@ -58,24 +58,18 @@ class VirtioGPUx86(Test):
 
     def test_virtio_vga_virgl(self):
         """
-        :avocado: tags=arch:x86_64
-        :avocado: tags=device:virtio-vga
-        :avocado: tags=cpu:host
+        :avocado: tags=device:virtio-vga-gl
         """
-        kernel_command_line = (
-            self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE + "console=ttyS0 rdinit=/bin/bash"
-        )
         # FIXME: should check presence of virtio, virgl etc
-        if not kvm_available(self.arch, self.qemu_bin):
-            self.cancel(KVM_NOT_AVAILABLE)
+        self.require_accelerator('kvm')
 
-        kernel_path = self.fetch_asset(self.KERNEL_URL)
-        initrd_path = self.fetch_asset(self.INITRD_URL)
+        kernel_path = self.fetch_asset(self.KERNEL_URL, self.KERNEL_HASH)
+        initrd_path = self.fetch_asset(self.INITRD_URL, self.INITRD_HASH)
 
         self.vm.set_console()
         self.vm.add_args("-m", "2G")
         self.vm.add_args("-machine", "pc,accel=kvm")
-        self.vm.add_args("-device", "virtio-vga,virgl=on")
+        self.vm.add_args("-device", "virtio-vga-gl")
         self.vm.add_args("-display", "egl-headless")
         self.vm.add_args(
             "-kernel",
@@ -83,7 +77,7 @@ class VirtioGPUx86(Test):
             "-initrd",
             initrd_path,
             "-append",
-            kernel_command_line,
+            self.KERNEL_COMMAND_LINE,
         )
         try:
             self.vm.launch()
@@ -99,23 +93,17 @@ class VirtioGPUx86(Test):
 
     def test_vhost_user_vga_virgl(self):
         """
-        :avocado: tags=arch:x86_64
         :avocado: tags=device:vhost-user-vga
-        :avocado: tags=cpu:host
         """
-        kernel_command_line = (
-            self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE + "console=ttyS0 rdinit=/bin/bash"
-        )
         # FIXME: should check presence of vhost-user-gpu, virgl, memfd etc
-        if not kvm_available(self.arch, self.qemu_bin):
-            self.cancel(KVM_NOT_AVAILABLE)
+        self.require_accelerator('kvm')
 
         vug = pick_default_vug_bin()
         if not vug:
             self.cancel("Could not find vhost-user-gpu")
 
-        kernel_path = self.fetch_asset(self.KERNEL_URL)
-        initrd_path = self.fetch_asset(self.INITRD_URL)
+        kernel_path = self.fetch_asset(self.KERNEL_URL, self.KERNEL_HASH)
+        initrd_path = self.fetch_asset(self.INITRD_URL, self.INITRD_HASH)
 
         # Create socketpair to connect proxy and remote processes
         qemu_sock, vug_sock = socket.socketpair(
@@ -153,7 +141,7 @@ class VirtioGPUx86(Test):
             "-initrd",
             initrd_path,
             "-append",
-            kernel_command_line,
+            self.KERNEL_COMMAND_LINE,
         )
         self.vm.launch()
         self.wait_for_console_pattern("as init process")