diff --git a/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py b/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py
index 23d1b3587b..d05abf0d1a 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py
@@ -471,182 +471,6 @@ def test_arm_quanta_gsj_initrd(self):
         self.wait_for_console_pattern(
                 'Give root password for system maintenance')
 
-    def test_arm_bpim2u(self):
-        """
-        :avocado: tags=arch:arm
-        :avocado: tags=machine:bpim2u
-        :avocado: tags=accel:tcg
-        """
-        deb_url = ('https://apt.armbian.com/pool/main/l/'
-                   'linux-6.6.16/linux-image-current-sunxi_24.2.1_armhf__6.6.16-Seb3e-D6b4a-P2359-Ce96bHfe66-HK01ba-V014b-B067e-R448a.deb')
-        deb_hash = 'f7c3c8c5432f765445dc6e7eab02f3bbe668256b'
-        deb_path = self.fetch_asset(deb_url, asset_hash=deb_hash)
-        kernel_path = self.extract_from_deb(deb_path,
-                                            '/boot/vmlinuz-6.6.16-current-sunxi')
-        dtb_path = ('/usr/lib/linux-image-6.6.16-current-sunxi/'
-                    'sun8i-r40-bananapi-m2-ultra.dtb')
-        dtb_path = self.extract_from_deb(deb_path, dtb_path)
-
-        self.vm.set_console()
-        kernel_command_line = (self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE +
-                               'console=ttyS0,115200n8 '
-                               'earlycon=uart,mmio32,0x1c28000')
-        self.vm.add_args('-kernel', kernel_path,
-                         '-dtb', dtb_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_arm_bpim2u_initrd(self):
-        """
-        :avocado: tags=arch:arm
-        :avocado: tags=accel:tcg
-        :avocado: tags=machine:bpim2u
-        """
-        deb_url = ('https://apt.armbian.com/pool/main/l/'
-                   'linux-6.6.16/linux-image-current-sunxi_24.2.1_armhf__6.6.16-Seb3e-D6b4a-P2359-Ce96bHfe66-HK01ba-V014b-B067e-R448a.deb')
-        deb_hash = 'f7c3c8c5432f765445dc6e7eab02f3bbe668256b'
-        deb_path = self.fetch_asset(deb_url, asset_hash=deb_hash)
-        kernel_path = self.extract_from_deb(deb_path,
-                                            '/boot/vmlinuz-6.6.16-current-sunxi')
-        dtb_path = ('/usr/lib/linux-image-6.6.16-current-sunxi/'
-                    'sun8i-r40-bananapi-m2-ultra.dtb')
-        dtb_path = self.extract_from_deb(deb_path, dtb_path)
-        initrd_url = ('https://github.com/groeck/linux-build-test/raw/'
-                      '2eb0a73b5d5a28df3170c546ddaaa9757e1e0848/rootfs/'
-                      'arm/rootfs-armv7a.cpio.gz')
-        initrd_hash = '604b2e45cdf35045846b8bbfbf2129b1891bdc9c'
-        initrd_path_gz = self.fetch_asset(initrd_url, asset_hash=initrd_hash)
-        initrd_path = os.path.join(self.workdir, 'rootfs.cpio')
-        archive.gzip_uncompress(initrd_path_gz, initrd_path)
-
-        self.vm.set_console()
-        kernel_command_line = (self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE +
-                               'console=ttyS0,115200 '
-                               'panic=-1 noreboot')
-        self.vm.add_args('-kernel', kernel_path,
-                         '-dtb', dtb_path,
-                         '-initrd', initrd_path,
-                         '-append', kernel_command_line,
-                         '-no-reboot')
-        self.vm.launch()
-        self.wait_for_console_pattern('Boot successful.')
-
-        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'cat /proc/cpuinfo',
-                                                'Allwinner sun8i Family')
-        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'cat /proc/iomem',
-                                                'system-control@1c00000')
-        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'reboot',
-                                                'reboot: Restarting system')
-        # Wait for VM to shut down gracefully
-        self.vm.wait()
-
-    def test_arm_bpim2u_gmac(self):
-        """
-        :avocado: tags=arch:arm
-        :avocado: tags=accel:tcg
-        :avocado: tags=machine:bpim2u
-        :avocado: tags=device:sd
-        """
-        self.require_netdev('user')
-
-        deb_url = ('https://apt.armbian.com/pool/main/l/'
-                   'linux-6.6.16/linux-image-current-sunxi_24.2.1_armhf__6.6.16-Seb3e-D6b4a-P2359-Ce96bHfe66-HK01ba-V014b-B067e-R448a.deb')
-        deb_hash = 'f7c3c8c5432f765445dc6e7eab02f3bbe668256b'
-        deb_path = self.fetch_asset(deb_url, asset_hash=deb_hash)
-        kernel_path = self.extract_from_deb(deb_path,
-                                            '/boot/vmlinuz-6.6.16-current-sunxi')
-        dtb_path = ('/usr/lib/linux-image-6.6.16-current-sunxi/'
-                    'sun8i-r40-bananapi-m2-ultra.dtb')
-        dtb_path = self.extract_from_deb(deb_path, dtb_path)
-        rootfs_url = ('http://storage.kernelci.org/images/rootfs/buildroot/'
-                      'buildroot-baseline/20221116.0/armel/rootfs.ext2.xz')
-        rootfs_hash = 'fae32f337c7b87547b10f42599acf109da8b6d9a'
-        rootfs_path_xz = self.fetch_asset(rootfs_url, asset_hash=rootfs_hash)
-        rootfs_path = os.path.join(self.workdir, 'rootfs.cpio')
-        archive.lzma_uncompress(rootfs_path_xz, rootfs_path)
-        image_pow2ceil_expand(rootfs_path)
-
-        self.vm.set_console()
-        kernel_command_line = (self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE +
-                               'console=ttyS0,115200 '
-                               'root=b300 rootwait rw '
-                               'panic=-1 noreboot')
-        self.vm.add_args('-kernel', kernel_path,
-                         '-dtb', dtb_path,
-                         '-drive', 'file=' + rootfs_path + ',if=sd,format=raw',
-                         '-net', 'nic,model=gmac,netdev=host_gmac',
-                         '-netdev', 'user,id=host_gmac',
-                         '-append', kernel_command_line,
-                         '-no-reboot')
-        self.vm.launch()
-        shell_ready = "/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off"
-        self.wait_for_console_pattern(shell_ready)
-
-        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'cat /proc/cpuinfo',
-                                                'Allwinner sun8i Family')
-        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'cat /proc/partitions',
-                                                'mmcblk')
-        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'ifconfig eth0 up',
-                                                 'eth0: Link is Up')
-        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'udhcpc eth0',
-            'udhcpc: lease of 10.0.2.15 obtained')
-        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'ping -c 3 10.0.2.2',
-            '3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss')
-        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'reboot',
-                                                'reboot: Restarting system')
-        # Wait for VM to shut down gracefully
-        self.vm.wait()
-
-    @skipUnless(os.getenv('AVOCADO_ALLOW_LARGE_STORAGE'), 'storage limited')
-    def test_arm_bpim2u_openwrt_22_03_3(self):
-        """
-        :avocado: tags=arch:arm
-        :avocado: tags=machine:bpim2u
-        :avocado: tags=device:sd
-        """
-
-        # This test download a 8.9 MiB compressed image and expand it
-        # to 127 MiB.
-        image_url = ('https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/22.03.3/targets/'
-                     'sunxi/cortexa7/openwrt-22.03.3-sunxi-cortexa7-'
-                     'sinovoip_bananapi-m2-ultra-ext4-sdcard.img.gz')
-        image_hash = ('5b41b4e11423e562c6011640f9a7cd3b'
-                      'dd0a3d42b83430f7caa70a432e6cd82c')
-        image_path_gz = self.fetch_asset(image_url, asset_hash=image_hash,
-                                         algorithm='sha256')
-        image_path = archive.extract(image_path_gz, self.workdir)
-        image_pow2ceil_expand(image_path)
-
-        self.vm.set_console()
-        self.vm.add_args('-drive', 'file=' + image_path + ',if=sd,format=raw',
-                         '-nic', 'user',
-                         '-no-reboot')
-        self.vm.launch()
-
-        kernel_command_line = (self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE +
-                               'usbcore.nousb '
-                               'noreboot')
-
-        self.wait_for_console_pattern('U-Boot SPL')
-
-        interrupt_interactive_console_until_pattern(
-                self, 'Hit any key to stop autoboot:', '=>')
-        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, "setenv extraargs '" +
-                                                kernel_command_line + "'", '=>')
-        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'boot', 'Starting kernel ...');
-
-        self.wait_for_console_pattern(
-            'Please press Enter to activate this console.')
-
-        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, ' ', 'root@')
-
-        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'cat /proc/cpuinfo',
-                                                'Allwinner sun8i Family')
-        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'cat /proc/iomem',
-                                                'system-control@1c00000')
-
     def test_arm_orangepi(self):
         """
         :avocado: tags=arch:arm
diff --git a/tests/functional/meson.build b/tests/functional/meson.build
index d642c11516..0a6880b610 100644
--- a/tests/functional/meson.build
+++ b/tests/functional/meson.build
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ test_timeouts = {
   'aarch64_sbsaref' : 600,
   'aarch64_virt' : 360,
   'acpi_bits' : 240,
+  'arm_bpim2u' : 360,
   'arm_raspi2' : 120,
   'arm_tuxrun' : 120,
   'mips_malta' : 120,
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ tests_alpha_system_thorough = [
 ]
 
 tests_arm_system_thorough = [
+  'arm_bpim2u',
   'arm_canona1100',
   'arm_integratorcp',
   'arm_raspi2',
diff --git a/tests/functional/qemu_test/utils.py b/tests/functional/qemu_test/utils.py
index 2a1cb60d38..1bf1c410d5 100644
--- a/tests/functional/qemu_test/utils.py
+++ b/tests/functional/qemu_test/utils.py
@@ -15,6 +15,27 @@
 import subprocess
 import tarfile
 
+"""
+Round up to next power of 2
+"""
+def pow2ceil(x):
+    return 1 if x == 0 else 2**(x - 1).bit_length()
+
+def file_truncate(path, size):
+    if size != os.path.getsize(path):
+        with open(path, 'ab+') as fd:
+            fd.truncate(size)
+
+"""
+Expand file size to next power of 2
+"""
+def image_pow2ceil_expand(path):
+        size = os.path.getsize(path)
+        size_aligned = pow2ceil(size)
+        if size != size_aligned:
+            with open(path, 'ab+') as fd:
+                fd.truncate(size_aligned)
+
 def archive_extract(archive, dest_dir, member=None):
     with tarfile.open(archive) as tf:
         if hasattr(tarfile, 'data_filter'):
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_arm_bpim2u.py b/tests/functional/test_arm_bpim2u.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2f9fa145e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/test_arm_bpim2u.py
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Functional test that boots a Linux kernel on a Banana Pi machine
+# and checks the console
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+import os
+
+from qemu_test import LinuxKernelTest, exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern
+from qemu_test import Asset, interrupt_interactive_console_until_pattern
+from qemu_test.utils import archive_extract, gzip_uncompress, lzma_uncompress
+from qemu_test.utils import image_pow2ceil_expand
+from unittest import skipUnless
+
+class BananaPiMachine(LinuxKernelTest):
+
+    ASSET_DEB = Asset(
+        ('https://apt.armbian.com/pool/main/l/linux-6.6.16/'
+         'linux-image-current-sunxi_24.2.1_armhf__6.6.16-Seb3e-D6b4a-P2359-Ce96bHfe66-HK01ba-V014b-B067e-R448a.deb'),
+        '3d968c15b121ede871dce49d13ee7644d6f74b6b121b84c9a40f51b0c80d6d22')
+
+    ASSET_INITRD = Asset(
+        ('https://github.com/groeck/linux-build-test/raw/'
+         '2eb0a73b5d5a28df3170c546ddaaa9757e1e0848/rootfs/'
+         'arm/rootfs-armv7a.cpio.gz'),
+        '2c8dbdb16ea7af2dfbcbea96044dde639fb07d09fd3c4fb31f2027ef71e55ddd')
+
+    ASSET_ROOTFS = Asset(
+        ('http://storage.kernelci.org/images/rootfs/buildroot/'
+         'buildroot-baseline/20230703.0/armel/rootfs.ext2.xz'),
+        '42b44a12965ac0afe9a88378527fb698a7dc76af50495efc2361ee1595b4e5c6')
+
+    ASSET_SD_IMAGE = Asset(
+        ('https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/22.03.3/targets/sunxi/cortexa7/'
+         'openwrt-22.03.3-sunxi-cortexa7-sinovoip_bananapi-m2-ultra-ext4-sdcard.img.gz'),
+        '5b41b4e11423e562c6011640f9a7cd3bdd0a3d42b83430f7caa70a432e6cd82c')
+
+    def test_arm_bpim2u(self):
+        """
+        :avocado: tags=arch:arm
+        :avocado: tags=machine:bpim2u
+        :avocado: tags=accel:tcg
+        """
+        self.set_machine('bpim2u')
+        deb_path = self.ASSET_DEB.fetch()
+        kernel_path = self.extract_from_deb(deb_path,
+                                            '/boot/vmlinuz-6.6.16-current-sunxi')
+        dtb_path = ('/usr/lib/linux-image-6.6.16-current-sunxi/'
+                    'sun8i-r40-bananapi-m2-ultra.dtb')
+        dtb_path = self.extract_from_deb(deb_path, dtb_path)
+
+        self.vm.set_console()
+        kernel_command_line = (self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE +
+                               'console=ttyS0,115200n8 '
+                               'earlycon=uart,mmio32,0x1c28000')
+        self.vm.add_args('-kernel', kernel_path,
+                         '-dtb', dtb_path,
+                         '-append', kernel_command_line)
+        self.vm.launch()
+        console_pattern = 'Kernel command line: %s' % kernel_command_line
+        self.wait_for_console_pattern(console_pattern)
+        os.remove(kernel_path)
+        os.remove(dtb_path)
+
+    def test_arm_bpim2u_initrd(self):
+        """
+        :avocado: tags=arch:arm
+        :avocado: tags=accel:tcg
+        :avocado: tags=machine:bpim2u
+        """
+        self.set_machine('bpim2u')
+        deb_path = self.ASSET_DEB.fetch()
+        kernel_path = self.extract_from_deb(deb_path,
+                                            '/boot/vmlinuz-6.6.16-current-sunxi')
+        dtb_path = ('/usr/lib/linux-image-6.6.16-current-sunxi/'
+                    'sun8i-r40-bananapi-m2-ultra.dtb')
+        dtb_path = self.extract_from_deb(deb_path, dtb_path)
+        initrd_path_gz = self.ASSET_INITRD.fetch()
+        initrd_path = os.path.join(self.workdir, 'rootfs.cpio')
+        gzip_uncompress(initrd_path_gz, initrd_path)
+
+        self.vm.set_console()
+        kernel_command_line = (self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE +
+                               'console=ttyS0,115200 '
+                               'panic=-1 noreboot')
+        self.vm.add_args('-kernel', kernel_path,
+                         '-dtb', dtb_path,
+                         '-initrd', initrd_path,
+                         '-append', kernel_command_line,
+                         '-no-reboot')
+        self.vm.launch()
+        self.wait_for_console_pattern('Boot successful.')
+
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'cat /proc/cpuinfo',
+                                                'Allwinner sun8i Family')
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'cat /proc/iomem',
+                                                'system-control@1c00000')
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'reboot',
+                                                'reboot: Restarting system')
+        # Wait for VM to shut down gracefully
+        self.vm.wait()
+        os.remove(kernel_path)
+        os.remove(dtb_path)
+        os.remove(initrd_path)
+
+    def test_arm_bpim2u_gmac(self):
+        """
+        :avocado: tags=arch:arm
+        :avocado: tags=machine:bpim2u
+        :avocado: tags=device:sd
+        """
+        self.set_machine('bpim2u')
+        self.require_netdev('user')
+
+        deb_path = self.ASSET_DEB.fetch()
+        kernel_path = self.extract_from_deb(deb_path,
+                                            '/boot/vmlinuz-6.6.16-current-sunxi')
+        dtb_path = ('/usr/lib/linux-image-6.6.16-current-sunxi/'
+                    'sun8i-r40-bananapi-m2-ultra.dtb')
+        dtb_path = self.extract_from_deb(deb_path, dtb_path)
+        rootfs_path_xz = self.ASSET_ROOTFS.fetch()
+        rootfs_path = os.path.join(self.workdir, 'rootfs.cpio')
+        lzma_uncompress(rootfs_path_xz, rootfs_path)
+        image_pow2ceil_expand(rootfs_path)
+
+        self.vm.set_console()
+        kernel_command_line = (self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE +
+                               'console=ttyS0,115200 '
+                               'root=b300 rootwait rw '
+                               'panic=-1 noreboot')
+        self.vm.add_args('-kernel', kernel_path,
+                         '-dtb', dtb_path,
+                         '-drive', 'file=' + rootfs_path + ',if=sd,format=raw',
+                         '-net', 'nic,model=gmac,netdev=host_gmac',
+                         '-netdev', 'user,id=host_gmac',
+                         '-append', kernel_command_line,
+                         '-no-reboot')
+        self.vm.launch()
+        shell_ready = "/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off"
+        self.wait_for_console_pattern(shell_ready)
+
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'cat /proc/cpuinfo',
+                                                'Allwinner sun8i Family')
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'cat /proc/partitions',
+                                                'mmcblk')
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'ifconfig eth0 up',
+                                                 'eth0: Link is Up')
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'udhcpc eth0',
+            'udhcpc: lease of 10.0.2.15 obtained')
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'ping -c 3 10.0.2.2',
+            '3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss')
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'reboot',
+                                                'reboot: Restarting system')
+        # Wait for VM to shut down gracefully
+        self.vm.wait()
+        os.remove(kernel_path)
+        os.remove(dtb_path)
+        os.remove(rootfs_path)
+
+    @skipUnless(os.getenv('QEMU_TEST_ALLOW_LARGE_STORAGE'), 'storage limited')
+    def test_arm_bpim2u_openwrt_22_03_3(self):
+        """
+        :avocado: tags=arch:arm
+        :avocado: tags=machine:bpim2u
+        :avocado: tags=device:sd
+        """
+        self.set_machine('bpim2u')
+        # This test download a 8.9 MiB compressed image and expand it
+        # to 127 MiB.
+        image_path_gz = self.ASSET_SD_IMAGE.fetch()
+        image_path = os.path.join(self.workdir, 'sdcard.img')
+        gzip_uncompress(image_path_gz, image_path)
+        image_pow2ceil_expand(image_path)
+
+        self.vm.set_console()
+        self.vm.add_args('-drive', 'file=' + image_path + ',if=sd,format=raw',
+                         '-nic', 'user',
+                         '-no-reboot')
+        self.vm.launch()
+
+        kernel_command_line = (self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE +
+                               'usbcore.nousb '
+                               'noreboot')
+
+        self.wait_for_console_pattern('U-Boot SPL')
+
+        interrupt_interactive_console_until_pattern(
+                self, 'Hit any key to stop autoboot:', '=>')
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, "setenv extraargs '" +
+                                                kernel_command_line + "'", '=>')
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'boot', 'Starting kernel ...');
+
+        self.wait_for_console_pattern(
+            'Please press Enter to activate this console.')
+
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, ' ', 'root@')
+
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'cat /proc/cpuinfo',
+                                                'Allwinner sun8i Family')
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'cat /proc/iomem',
+                                                'system-control@1c00000')
+        os.remove(image_path)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    LinuxKernelTest.main()
