diff --git a/tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c b/tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c
index cdbfb51559..c20f6f73d0 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c
@@ -999,6 +999,23 @@ static void test_acpi_q35_tcg_type4_count(void)
     free_test_data(&data);
 }
 
+static void test_acpi_q35_tcg_core_count(void)
+{
+    test_data data = {
+        .machine = MACHINE_Q35,
+        .variant = ".core-count",
+        .required_struct_types = base_required_struct_types,
+        .required_struct_types_len = ARRAY_SIZE(base_required_struct_types),
+        .smbios_core_count = 9,
+        .smbios_core_count2 = 9,
+    };
+
+    test_acpi_one("-machine smbios-entry-point-type=64 "
+                  "-smp 54,sockets=2,dies=3,cores=3,threads=3",
+                  &data);
+    free_test_data(&data);
+}
+
 static void test_acpi_q35_tcg_core_count2(void)
 {
     test_data data = {
@@ -2178,6 +2195,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                 qtest_add_func("acpi/q35/kvm/dmar", test_acpi_q35_kvm_dmar);
                 qtest_add_func("acpi/q35/type4-count",
                                test_acpi_q35_tcg_type4_count);
+                qtest_add_func("acpi/q35/core-count",
+                               test_acpi_q35_tcg_core_count);
                 qtest_add_func("acpi/q35/core-count2",
                                test_acpi_q35_tcg_core_count2);
             }