diff --git a/vmm_tests/vmm_tests/tests/tests/x86_64.rs b/vmm_tests/vmm_tests/tests/tests/x86_64.rs
index f8d957db74..b3321dfb84 100644
--- a/vmm_tests/vmm_tests/tests/tests/x86_64.rs
+++ b/vmm_tests/vmm_tests/tests/tests/x86_64.rs
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ async fn vpci_relay_tdisp_device(
 }
 
 /// Boot with a virtio-blk disk via virtio-mmio and verify the device appears in the guest.
-#[openvmm_test(linux_direct_x64)]
+#[openvmm_test(unstable_linux_direct_x64)]
 async fn virtio_blk_device(config: PetriVmBuilder<OpenVmmPetriBackend>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     use disk_backend_resources::LayeredDiskHandle;
     use disk_backend_resources::layer::RamDiskLayerHandle;