diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/confidential_common.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/confidential_common.sh
index 02337b0229..b46207ca66 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/confidential_common.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/confidential_common.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 
 source "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/tests_common.sh"
 
+SUPPORTED_TEE_HYPERVISORS=("qemu-sev" "qemu-snp" "qemu-tdx" "qemu-se")
+SUPPORTED_NON_TEE_HYPERVISORS=("qemu")
+
 function setup_unencrypted_confidential_pod() {
 	get_pod_config_dir
 
@@ -33,3 +36,26 @@ function get_remote_command_per_hypervisor() {
 
 	echo "${REMOTE_COMMAND_PER_HYPERVISOR[${KATA_HYPERVISOR}]}"
 }
+
+# This function verifies whether the input hypervisor supports confidential tests and 
+# relies on `KATA_HYPERVISOR` being an environment variable
+function check_hypervisor_for_confidential_tests() {
+	local kata_hypervisor="${1}"
+	# This check must be done with "<SPACE>${KATA_HYPERVISOR}<SPACE>" to avoid
+	# having substrings, like qemu, being matched with qemu-$something.
+    if [[ " ${SUPPORTED_TEE_HYPERVISORS[*]} " =~ " ${kata_hypervisor} " ]] ||\
+       [[ " ${SUPPORTED_NON_TEE_HYPERVISORS[*]} " =~ " ${kata_hypervisor} " ]]; then        
+        return 0
+    else
+        return 1
+    fi
+}
+
+# Common setup for confidential tests.
+function confidential_setup() {
+	if ! check_hypervisor_for_confidential_tests "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}"; then
+        return 1
+    elif [[ " ${SUPPORTED_NON_TEE_HYPERVISORS[*]} " =~ " ${KATA_HYPERVISOR} " ]]; then
+        info "Need to apply image annotations"
+    fi
+}
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-confidential.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-confidential.bats
index 29172a4b80..01abec96a0 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-confidential.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-confidential.bats
@@ -10,21 +10,8 @@ load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/confidential_common.sh"
 load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/tests_common.sh"
 
 setup() {
-	SUPPORTED_TEE_HYPERVISORS=("qemu-sev" "qemu-snp" "qemu-tdx" "qemu-se")
-	SUPPORTED_NON_TEE_HYPERVISORS=("qemu")
-
-	# This check must be done with "<SPACE>${KATA_HYPERVISOR}<SPACE>" to avoid
-	# having substrings, like qemu, being matched with qemu-$something.
-	if ! [[ " ${SUPPORTED_TEE_HYPERVISORS[@]} " =~ " ${KATA_HYPERVISOR} " ]] && ! [[ " ${SUPPORTED_NON_TEE_HYPERVISORS} " =~ " ${KATA_HYPERVISOR} " ]]; then
-		skip "Test not supported for ${KATA_HYPERVISOR}."
-	fi
-
-	if [[ " ${SUPPORTED_NON_TEE_HYPERVISORS} " =~ " ${KATA_HYPERVISOR} " ]]; then
-		info "Need to apply image annotations"
-	else
-		get_pod_config_dir
-		setup_unencrypted_confidential_pod
-	fi
+	confidential_setup || skip "Test not supported for ${KATA_HYPERVISOR}."
+	setup_unencrypted_confidential_pod
 }
 
 @test "Test unencrypted confidential container launch success and verify that we are running in a secure enclave." {
@@ -54,10 +41,8 @@ setup() {
 }
 
 teardown() {
-	if ! [[ " ${SUPPORTED_TEE_HYPERVISORS[@]} " =~ " ${KATA_HYPERVISOR} " ]] && ! [[ " ${SUPPORTED_NON_TEE_HYPERVISORS} " =~ " ${KATA_HYPERVISOR} " ]]; then
-		skip "Test not supported for ${KATA_HYPERVISOR}."
-	fi
-
+	check_hypervisor_for_confidential_tests ${KATA_HYPERVISOR} || skip "Test not supported for ${KATA_HYPERVISOR}."
+	
 	kubectl describe "pod/${pod_name}" || true
 	kubectl delete -f "${pod_config_dir}/pod-confidential-unencrypted.yaml" || true
 }