diff --git a/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py b/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py
index 84b31cb84e..34f4abadd0 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py
@@ -179,65 +179,6 @@ class BootLinuxConsole(LinuxKernelTest):
         # Wait for VM to shut down gracefully
         self.vm.wait()
 
-    def do_test_mips_malta32el_nanomips(self, kernel_path_xz):
-        kernel_path = self.workdir + "kernel"
-        with lzma.open(kernel_path_xz, 'rb') as f_in:
-            with open(kernel_path, 'wb') as f_out:
-                shutil.copyfileobj(f_in, f_out)
-
-        self.vm.set_console()
-        kernel_command_line = (self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE
-                               + 'mem=256m@@0x0 '
-                               + 'console=ttyS0')
-        self.vm.add_args('-no-reboot',
-                         '-kernel', kernel_path,
-                         '-append', kernel_command_line)
-        self.vm.launch()
-        console_pattern = 'Kernel command line: %s' % kernel_command_line
-        self.wait_for_console_pattern(console_pattern)
-
-    def test_mips_malta32el_nanomips_4k(self):
-        """
-        :avocado: tags=arch:mipsel
-        :avocado: tags=machine:malta
-        :avocado: tags=endian:little
-        :avocado: tags=cpu:I7200
-        """
-        kernel_url = ('http://mipsdistros.mips.com/LinuxDistro/nanomips/'
-                      'kernels/v4.15.18-432-gb2eb9a8b07a1-20180627102142/'
-                      'generic_nano32r6el_page4k.xz')
-        kernel_hash = '477456aafd2a0f1ddc9482727f20fe9575565dd6'
-        kernel_path_xz = self.fetch_asset(kernel_url, asset_hash=kernel_hash)
-        self.do_test_mips_malta32el_nanomips(kernel_path_xz)
-
-    def test_mips_malta32el_nanomips_16k_up(self):
-        """
-        :avocado: tags=arch:mipsel
-        :avocado: tags=machine:malta
-        :avocado: tags=endian:little
-        :avocado: tags=cpu:I7200
-        """
-        kernel_url = ('http://mipsdistros.mips.com/LinuxDistro/nanomips/'
-                      'kernels/v4.15.18-432-gb2eb9a8b07a1-20180627102142/'
-                      'generic_nano32r6el_page16k_up.xz')
-        kernel_hash = 'e882868f944c71c816e832e2303b7874d044a7bc'
-        kernel_path_xz = self.fetch_asset(kernel_url, asset_hash=kernel_hash)
-        self.do_test_mips_malta32el_nanomips(kernel_path_xz)
-
-    def test_mips_malta32el_nanomips_64k_dbg(self):
-        """
-        :avocado: tags=arch:mipsel
-        :avocado: tags=machine:malta
-        :avocado: tags=endian:little
-        :avocado: tags=cpu:I7200
-        """
-        kernel_url = ('http://mipsdistros.mips.com/LinuxDistro/nanomips/'
-                      'kernels/v4.15.18-432-gb2eb9a8b07a1-20180627102142/'
-                      'generic_nano32r6el_page64k_dbg.xz')
-        kernel_hash = '18d1c68f2e23429e266ca39ba5349ccd0aeb7180'
-        kernel_path_xz = self.fetch_asset(kernel_url, asset_hash=kernel_hash)
-        self.do_test_mips_malta32el_nanomips(kernel_path_xz)
-
     def test_aarch64_xlnx_versal_virt(self):
         """
         :avocado: tags=arch:aarch64
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_mipsel_malta.py b/tests/functional/test_mipsel_malta.py
index f31f96b012..b8dfddd856 100755
--- a/tests/functional/test_mipsel_malta.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_mipsel_malta.py
@@ -11,12 +11,61 @@
 
 import os
 
-from qemu_test import QemuSystemTest, Asset
+from qemu_test import QemuSystemTest, LinuxKernelTest, Asset
 from qemu_test import interrupt_interactive_console_until_pattern
 from qemu_test import wait_for_console_pattern
+from qemu_test.utils import lzma_uncompress
 from zipfile import ZipFile
 
 
+class MaltaMachineConsole(LinuxKernelTest):
+
+    ASSET_KERNEL_4K = Asset(
+        ('http://mipsdistros.mips.com/LinuxDistro/nanomips/'
+         'kernels/v4.15.18-432-gb2eb9a8b07a1-20180627102142/'
+         'generic_nano32r6el_page4k.xz'),
+        '019e034094ac6cf3aa77df5e130fb023ce4dbc804b04bfcc560c6403e1ae6bdb')
+    ASSET_KERNEL_16K = Asset(
+        ('http://mipsdistros.mips.com/LinuxDistro/nanomips/'
+         'kernels/v4.15.18-432-gb2eb9a8b07a1-20180627102142/'
+         'generic_nano32r6el_page16k_up.xz'),
+        '3a54a10b3108c16a448dca9ea3db378733a27423befc2a45a5bdf990bd85e12c')
+    ASSET_KERNEL_64K = Asset(
+        ('http://mipsdistros.mips.com/LinuxDistro/nanomips/'
+         'kernels/v4.15.18-432-gb2eb9a8b07a1-20180627102142/'
+         'generic_nano32r6el_page64k_dbg.xz'),
+        'ce21ff4b07a981ecb8a39db2876616f5a2473eb2ab459c6f67465b9914b0c6b6')
+
+    def do_test_mips_malta32el_nanomips(self, kernel_path_xz):
+        kernel_path = os.path.join(self.workdir, 'kernel')
+        lzma_uncompress(kernel_path_xz, kernel_path)
+
+        self.set_machine('malta')
+        self.vm.set_console()
+        kernel_command_line = (self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE
+                               + 'mem=256m@@0x0 '
+                               + 'console=ttyS0')
+        self.vm.add_args('-cpu', 'I7200',
+                         '-no-reboot',
+                         '-kernel', kernel_path,
+                         '-append', kernel_command_line)
+        self.vm.launch()
+        console_pattern = 'Kernel command line: %s' % kernel_command_line
+        self.wait_for_console_pattern(console_pattern)
+
+    def test_mips_malta32el_nanomips_4k(self):
+        kernel_path_xz = self.ASSET_KERNEL_4K.fetch()
+        self.do_test_mips_malta32el_nanomips(kernel_path_xz)
+
+    def test_mips_malta32el_nanomips_16k_up(self):
+        kernel_path_xz = self.ASSET_KERNEL_16K.fetch()
+        self.do_test_mips_malta32el_nanomips(kernel_path_xz)
+
+    def test_mips_malta32el_nanomips_64k_dbg(self):
+        kernel_path_xz = self.ASSET_KERNEL_16K.fetch()
+        self.do_test_mips_malta32el_nanomips(kernel_path_xz)
+
+
 class MaltaMachineYAMON(QemuSystemTest):
 
     ASSET_YAMON_ROM = Asset(