diff --git a/tests/avocado/replay_kernel.py b/tests/avocado/replay_kernel.py
index 89a0c0b997..39dbaf5e4d 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/replay_kernel.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/replay_kernel.py
@@ -128,24 +128,6 @@ def test_x86_64_q35(self):
 
         self.run_rr(kernel_path, kernel_command_line, console_pattern, shift=5)
 
-    def test_mips_malta(self):
-        """
-        :avocado: tags=arch:mips
-        :avocado: tags=machine:malta
-        :avocado: tags=endian:big
-        """
-        deb_url = ('http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/'
-                   '20130217T032700Z/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/'
-                   'linux-image-2.6.32-5-4kc-malta_2.6.32-48_mips.deb')
-        deb_hash = 'a8cfc28ad8f45f54811fc6cf74fc43ffcfe0ba04'
-        deb_path = self.fetch_asset(deb_url, asset_hash=deb_hash)
-        kernel_path = self.extract_from_deb(deb_path,
-                                            '/boot/vmlinux-2.6.32-5-4kc-malta')
-        kernel_command_line = self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE + 'console=ttyS0'
-        console_pattern = 'Kernel command line: %s' % kernel_command_line
-
-        self.run_rr(kernel_path, kernel_command_line, console_pattern, shift=5)
-
     def test_aarch64_virt(self):
         """
         :avocado: tags=arch:aarch64
@@ -412,39 +394,3 @@ def test_xtensa_lx60(self):
                    '/qac-best-of-multiarch/download/day02.tar.xz')
         file_path = self.fetch_asset(tar_url, asset_hash=tar_hash)
         self.do_test_advcal_2018(file_path, 'santas-sleigh-ride.elf')
-
-@skipUnless(os.getenv('AVOCADO_TIMEOUT_EXPECTED'), 'Test might timeout')
-class ReplayKernelSlow(ReplayKernelBase):
-    # Override the timeout, because this kernel includes an inner
-    # loop which is executed with TB recompilings during replay,
-    # making it very slow.
-    timeout = 180
-
-    def test_mips_malta_cpio(self):
-        """
-        :avocado: tags=arch:mips
-        :avocado: tags=machine:malta
-        :avocado: tags=endian:big
-        :avocado: tags=slowness:high
-        """
-        deb_url = ('http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/'
-                   '20160601T041800Z/pool/main/l/linux/'
-                   'linux-image-4.5.0-2-4kc-malta_4.5.5-1_mips.deb')
-        deb_hash = 'a3c84f3e88b54e06107d65a410d1d1e8e0f340f8'
-        deb_path = self.fetch_asset(deb_url, asset_hash=deb_hash)
-        kernel_path = self.extract_from_deb(deb_path,
-                                            '/boot/vmlinux-4.5.0-2-4kc-malta')
-        initrd_url = ('https://github.com/groeck/linux-build-test/raw/'
-                      '8584a59ed9e5eb5ee7ca91f6d74bbb06619205b8/rootfs/'
-                      'mips/rootfs.cpio.gz')
-        initrd_hash = 'bf806e17009360a866bf537f6de66590de349a99'
-        initrd_path_gz = self.fetch_asset(initrd_url, asset_hash=initrd_hash)
-        initrd_path = self.workdir + "rootfs.cpio"
-        archive.gzip_uncompress(initrd_path_gz, initrd_path)
-
-        kernel_command_line = (self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE +
-                               'console=ttyS0 console=tty '
-                               'rdinit=/sbin/init noreboot')
-        console_pattern = 'Boot successful.'
-        self.run_rr(kernel_path, kernel_command_line, console_pattern, shift=5,
-                    args=('-initrd', initrd_path))
diff --git a/tests/functional/meson.build b/tests/functional/meson.build
index 0a7a382ef6..164699b6c4 100644
--- a/tests/functional/meson.build
+++ b/tests/functional/meson.build
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ tests_microblazeel_system_thorough = [
 
 tests_mips_system_thorough = [
   'mips_malta',
+  'mips_replay',
   'mips_tuxrun',
 ]
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_mips_replay.py b/tests/functional/test_mips_replay.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..eda031ccad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/test_mips_replay.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Replay tests for the big-endian 32-bit MIPS Malta board
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+from qemu_test import Asset, skipSlowTest, exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern
+from replay_kernel import ReplayKernelBase
+
+
+class MipsReplay(ReplayKernelBase):
+
+    ASSET_KERNEL_2_63_2 = Asset(
+        ('http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/'
+         '20130217T032700Z/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/'
+         'linux-image-2.6.32-5-4kc-malta_2.6.32-48_mips.deb'),
+        '16ca524148afb0626f483163e5edf352bc1ab0e4fc7b9f9d473252762f2c7a43')
+
+    def test_replay_mips_malta(self):
+        self.set_machine('malta')
+        kernel_path = self.archive_extract(self.ASSET_KERNEL_2_63_2,
+                                     member='boot/vmlinux-2.6.32-5-4kc-malta')
+        kernel_command_line = self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE + 'console=ttyS0'
+        console_pattern = 'Kernel command line: %s' % kernel_command_line
+        self.run_rr(kernel_path, kernel_command_line, console_pattern, shift=5)
+
+    ASSET_KERNEL_4_5_0 = Asset(
+        ('http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/'
+         '20160601T041800Z/pool/main/l/linux/'
+         'linux-image-4.5.0-2-4kc-malta_4.5.5-1_mips.deb'),
+        '526b17d5889840888b76fc2c36a0ebde182c9b1410a3a1e68203c3b160eb2027')
+
+    ASSET_INITRD = Asset(
+        ('https://github.com/groeck/linux-build-test/raw/'
+         '8584a59ed9e5eb5ee7ca91f6d74bbb06619205b8/rootfs/'
+         'mips/rootfs.cpio.gz'),
+        'dcfe3a7fe3200da3a00d176b95caaa086495eb158f2bff64afc67d7e1eb2cddc')
+
+    @skipSlowTest()
+    def test_replay_mips_malta_cpio(self):
+        self.set_machine('malta')
+        kernel_path = self.archive_extract(self.ASSET_KERNEL_4_5_0,
+                                      member='boot/vmlinux-4.5.0-2-4kc-malta')
+        initrd_path = self.uncompress(self.ASSET_INITRD)
+
+        kernel_command_line = (self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE +
+                               'console=ttyS0 console=tty '
+                               'rdinit=/sbin/init noreboot')
+        console_pattern = 'Boot successful.'
+        self.run_rr(kernel_path, kernel_command_line, console_pattern, shift=5,
+                    args=('-initrd', initrd_path))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    ReplayKernelBase.main()
