diff --git a/tests/cputest.c b/tests/cputest.c
index 16bbae7ba5..a7d6ea8736 100644
--- a/tests/cputest.c
+++ b/tests/cputest.c
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_CPUID(VIR_ARCH_X86_64, "Ryzen-9-9950X-16-Core", JSON_MODELS);
     DO_TEST_CPUID(VIR_ARCH_X86_64, "Xeon-5110", JSON_NONE);
     DO_TEST_CPUID(VIR_ARCH_X86_64, "Xeon-6731E", JSON_MODELS);
-    DO_TEST_CPUID(VIR_ARCH_X86_64, "Xeon-6788P", JSON_MODELS);
+    DO_TEST_CPUID(VIR_ARCH_X86_64, "Xeon-6788P", JSON_MODELS_REQUIRED);
     DO_TEST_CPUID(VIR_ARCH_X86_64, "Xeon-Bronze-3408U", JSON_MODELS_REQUIRED);
     DO_TEST_CPUID(VIR_ARCH_X86_64, "Xeon-E3-1225-v5", JSON_MODELS);
     DO_TEST_CPUID(VIR_ARCH_X86_64, "Xeon-E3-1245-v5", JSON_MODELS);