diff --git a/tests/avocado/replay_kernel.py b/tests/avocado/replay_kernel.py
index 4bd48878b7e..02bd868a429 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/replay_kernel.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/replay_kernel.py
@@ -162,54 +162,6 @@ def test_aarch64_virt(self):
 
         self.run_rr(kernel_path, kernel_command_line, console_pattern)
 
-    def test_arm_virt(self):
-        """
-        :avocado: tags=arch:arm
-        :avocado: tags=machine:virt
-        """
-        kernel_url = ('https://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora'
-                      '/linux/releases/29/Everything/armhfp/os/images/pxeboot'
-                      '/vmlinuz')
-        kernel_hash = 'e9826d741b4fb04cadba8d4824d1ed3b7fb8b4d4'
-        kernel_path = self.fetch_asset(kernel_url, asset_hash=kernel_hash)
-
-        kernel_command_line = (self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE +
-                               'console=ttyAMA0')
-        console_pattern = 'VFS: Cannot open root device'
-
-        self.run_rr(kernel_path, kernel_command_line, console_pattern, shift=1)
-
-    def test_arm_cubieboard_initrd(self):
-        """
-        :avocado: tags=arch:arm
-        :avocado: tags=machine:cubieboard
-        """
-        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/sun4i-a10-cubieboard.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-armv5.cpio.gz')
-        initrd_hash = '2b50f1873e113523967806f4da2afe385462ff9b'
-        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)
-
-        kernel_command_line = (self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE +
-                               'console=ttyS0,115200 '
-                               'usbcore.nousb '
-                               'panic=-1 noreboot')
-        console_pattern = 'Boot successful.'
-        self.run_rr(kernel_path, kernel_command_line, console_pattern, shift=1,
-                    args=('-dtb', dtb_path,
-                          '-initrd', initrd_path,
-                          '-no-reboot'))
-
     def test_s390x_s390_ccw_virtio(self):
         """
         :avocado: tags=arch:s390x
@@ -241,29 +193,3 @@ def test_alpha_clipper(self):
         console_pattern = 'Kernel command line: %s' % kernel_command_line
         self.run_rr(uncompressed_kernel, kernel_command_line, console_pattern, shift=9,
             args=('-nodefaults', ))
-
-    def do_test_advcal_2018(self, file_path, kernel_name, args=None):
-        archive.extract(file_path, self.workdir)
-
-        for entry in os.scandir(self.workdir):
-            if entry.name.startswith('day') and entry.is_dir():
-                kernel_path = os.path.join(entry.path, kernel_name)
-                break
-
-        kernel_command_line = ''
-        console_pattern = 'QEMU advent calendar'
-        self.run_rr(kernel_path, kernel_command_line, console_pattern,
-                    args=args)
-
-    def test_arm_vexpressa9(self):
-        """
-        :avocado: tags=arch:arm
-        :avocado: tags=machine:vexpress-a9
-        """
-        tar_hash = '32b7677ce8b6f1471fb0059865f451169934245b'
-        tar_url = ('https://qemu-advcal.gitlab.io'
-                   '/qac-best-of-multiarch/download/day16.tar.xz')
-        file_path = self.fetch_asset(tar_url, asset_hash=tar_hash)
-        dtb_path = self.workdir + '/day16/vexpress-v2p-ca9.dtb'
-        self.do_test_advcal_2018(file_path, 'winter.zImage',
-                                 args=('-dtb', dtb_path))
diff --git a/tests/functional/meson.build b/tests/functional/meson.build
index 995cea4f305..a46c4e89464 100644
--- a/tests/functional/meson.build
+++ b/tests/functional/meson.build
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ tests_arm_system_thorough = [
   'arm_orangepi',
   'arm_quanta_gsj',
   'arm_raspi2',
+  'arm_replay',
   'arm_smdkc210',
   'arm_sx1',
   'arm_vexpress',
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_arm_replay.py b/tests/functional/test_arm_replay.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..e002e6a2647
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/test_arm_replay.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Replay test that boots a Linux kernel on arm machines and checks the console
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+from qemu_test import Asset
+from replay_kernel import ReplayKernelBase
+
+
+class ArmReplay(ReplayKernelBase):
+
+    ASSET_VIRT = Asset(
+        ('https://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/'
+         'releases/29/Everything/armhfp/os/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz'),
+        '18dd5f1a9a28bd539f9d047f7c0677211bae528e8712b40ca5a229a4ad8e2591')
+
+    def test_virt(self):
+        self.set_machine('virt')
+        kernel_path = self.ASSET_VIRT.fetch()
+        kernel_command_line = (self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE +
+                               'console=ttyAMA0')
+        console_pattern = 'VFS: Cannot open root device'
+        self.run_rr(kernel_path, kernel_command_line, console_pattern, shift=1)
+
+    ASSET_CUBIE_KERNEL = 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_CUBIE_INITRD = Asset(
+        ('https://github.com/groeck/linux-build-test/raw/'
+         '2eb0a73b5d5a28df3170c546ddaaa9757e1e0848/rootfs/arm/rootfs-armv5.cpio.gz'),
+        '334b8d256db67a3f2b3ad070aa08b5ade39624e0e7e35b02f4359a577bc8f39b')
+
+    def test_cubieboard(self):
+        self.set_machine('cubieboard')
+        kernel_path = self.archive_extract(self.ASSET_CUBIE_KERNEL,
+            member='boot/vmlinuz-6.6.16-current-sunxi')
+        dtb_path = self.archive_extract(self.ASSET_CUBIE_KERNEL,
+            member='usr/lib/linux-image-6.6.16-current-sunxi/sun4i-a10-cubieboard.dtb')
+        initrd_path = self.uncompress(self.ASSET_CUBIE_INITRD)
+
+        kernel_command_line = (self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE +
+                               'console=ttyS0,115200 '
+                               'usbcore.nousb '
+                               'panic=-1 noreboot')
+        console_pattern = 'Boot successful.'
+        self.run_rr(kernel_path, kernel_command_line, console_pattern, shift=1,
+                    args=('-dtb', dtb_path,
+                          '-initrd', initrd_path,
+                          '-no-reboot'))
+
+    ASSET_DAY16 = Asset(
+        'https://qemu-advcal.gitlab.io/qac-best-of-multiarch/download/day16.tar.xz',
+        '63311adb2d4c4e7a73214a86d29988add87266a909719c56acfadd026b4110a7')
+
+    def test_vexpressa9(self):
+        self.set_machine('vexpress-a9')
+        self.archive_extract(self.ASSET_DAY16)
+        kernel_path = self.scratch_file('day16', 'winter.zImage')
+        dtb_path = self.scratch_file('day16', 'vexpress-v2p-ca9.dtb')
+        self.run_rr(kernel_path, self.REPLAY_KERNEL_COMMAND_LINE,
+                    'QEMU advent calendar', args=('-dtb', dtb_path))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    ReplayKernelBase.main()
