diff --git a/tests/kola/nondestructive/misc.sh b/tests/kola/nondestructive/misc.sh
index 52b4714c..8ab6c705 100755
--- a/tests/kola/nondestructive/misc.sh
+++ b/tests/kola/nondestructive/misc.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ set -euo pipefail
 . ${KOLA_EXT_DATA}/libtest-core.sh
 cd $(mktemp -d)
 
+rpm-ostree status --jsonpath '$.deployments[0].booted' > jsonpath.txt
+assert_file_has_content_literal jsonpath.txt 'true'
+echo "ok jsonpath"
+
 # Verify operations as non-root
 runuser -u core rpm-ostree status
 echo "ok status doesn't require root"
@@ -23,3 +27,22 @@ rpm-ostree status -b > status.txt
 assert_streq $(grep -F -e 'ostree://' status.txt | wc -l) "1"
 assert_file_has_content status.txt BootedDeployment:
 echo "ok status -b"
+
+if rpm-ostree nosuchcommand --nosuchoption 2>err.txt; then
+    assert_not_reached "Expected an error for nosuchcommand"
+fi
+assert_file_has_content err.txt 'Unknown.*command'
+echo "ok error on unknown command"
+
+tmprootfs=$(mktemp -d -p /var/tmp)
+rpm-ostree coreos-rootfs seal "${tmprootfs}"
+lsattr -d "${tmprootfs}" > coreos-rootfs.txt
+rpm-ostree coreos-rootfs seal "${tmprootfs}"
+assert_file_has_content coreos-rootfs.txt '-*i-* '"${tmprootfs}"
+chattr -i "${tmprootfs}"
+rm -rf "${tmprootfs}" coreos-rootfs.txt
+echo "ok coreos-rootfs seal"
+
+# Reload as root https://github.com/projectatomic/rpm-ostree/issues/976
+rpm-ostree reload
+echo "ok reload"
diff --git a/tests/vmcheck/test-misc-1.sh b/tests/vmcheck/test-misc-1.sh
index c5f24eaf..aee52e0c 100755
--- a/tests/vmcheck/test-misc-1.sh
+++ b/tests/vmcheck/test-misc-1.sh
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ vm_assert_status_jq \
   '.deployments[0]["layered-commit-meta"]|not'
 echo "ok empty pkg arrays, and commit meta correct in status json"
 
-vm_rpmostree status --jsonpath '$.deployments[0].booted' > jsonpath.txt
-assert_file_has_content_literal jsonpath.txt 'true'
-echo "ok jsonpath"
 
 vm_rpmostree --version > version.yaml
 python3 -c 'import yaml; v=yaml.safe_load(open("version.yaml")); assert("Version" in v["rpm-ostree"])'
@@ -68,12 +65,6 @@ while read command; do
 done < commands
 echo "ok error on unknown command options"
 
-if vm_rpmostree nosuchcommand --nosuchoption 2>err.txt; then
-    assert_not_reached "Expected an error for nosuchcommand"
-fi
-assert_file_has_content err.txt 'Unknown.*command'
-echo "ok error on unknown command"
-
 # Make sure we can't do various operations as non-root
 vm_build_rpm foo
 if vm_cmd_as core rpm-ostree pkg-add foo &> err.txt; then
@@ -108,20 +99,6 @@ else
     echo "Missing ${wrapdir}; cliwrap not enabled"
 fi
 
-# Test coreos-rootfs
-vm_shell_inline > coreos-rootfs.txt << EOF
-    mkdir /var/tmp/coreos-rootfs
-    rpm-ostree coreos-rootfs seal /var/tmp/coreos-rootfs
-    lsattr -d /var/tmp/coreos-rootfs
-    rpm-ostree coreos-rootfs seal /var/tmp/coreos-rootfs
-EOF
-assert_file_has_content coreos-rootfs.txt '-*i-* /var/tmp/coreos-rootfs'
-
-
-# Reload as root https://github.com/projectatomic/rpm-ostree/issues/976
-vm_cmd rpm-ostree reload
-echo "ok reload"
-
 stateroot=$(vm_get_booted_stateroot)
 ospath=/org/projectatomic/rpmostree1/${stateroot//-/_}
 # related: https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-config/issues/194