diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
index db1e16633c..daddb756ab 100755
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ else
 	)
 fi
 
+if [ ${KATA_HYPERVISOR} == "qemu-sev" ]; then
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 # we may need to skip a few test cases when running on non-x86_64 arch
 arch_config_file="${kubernetes_dir}/filter_out_per_arch/${TARGET_ARCH}.yaml"
 if [ -f "${arch_config_file}" ]; then