diff --git a/test/nvmf/target/nvmf_vhost.sh b/test/nvmf/target/nvmf_vhost.sh
index edbc64d0f..5ed416b74 100755
--- a/test/nvmf/target/nvmf_vhost.sh
+++ b/test/nvmf/target/nvmf_vhost.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ testdir=$(readlink -f $(dirname $0))
 rootdir=$testdir/../../..
 source $rootdir/test/common/autotest_common.sh
 source $rootdir/test/nvmf/common.sh
+
+if [ ! -d "/usr/local/qemu/spdk-3.0.0" ]; then
+	echo "Qemu not installed on this machine. It may be a VM. Skipping nvmf_vhost test."
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 source $rootdir/test/vhost/common.sh
 
 MALLOC_BDEV_SIZE=128
@@ -17,11 +23,6 @@ VHOST_APP="$rootdir/app/vhost/vhost -p 0 -r $VHOST_SOCK -u"
 VHOST_RPC="$rootdir/scripts/rpc.py -s $VHOST_SOCK"
 vm_image="/home/sys_sgsw/vhost_vm_image.qcow2"
 
-if [ ! -d $QEMU_PREFIX ]; then
-	echo "qemu not installed on this machine. It may be a VM. Skipping nvmf_vhost test."
-	exit 0
-fi
-
 timing_enter nvmf_vhost
 nvmftestinit
 
diff --git a/test/vhost/common.sh b/test/vhost/common.sh
index 2ac495f64..f35371fab 100644
--- a/test/vhost/common.sh
+++ b/test/vhost/common.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ set -e
 
 TEST_DIR=$(readlink -f $rootdir/..)
 
+#Check if qemu exists
+if [ ! -d $QEMU_PREFIX ]; then
+	error "Qemu not installed on this machine."
+	exit 1
+fi
+echo "Using qemu folder $QEMU_PREFIX"
+
 # SSH key file
 : ${SPDK_VHOST_SSH_KEY_FILE="$(readlink -e $HOME/.ssh/spdk_vhost_id_rsa)"}
 if [[ ! -r "$SPDK_VHOST_SSH_KEY_FILE" ]]; then