diff --git a/tests/bios-tables-test.c b/tests/bios-tables-test.c
index 7e27ea95ad..6ea2b6d00a 100644
--- a/tests/bios-tables-test.c
+++ b/tests/bios-tables-test.c
@@ -811,7 +811,8 @@ static void test_acpi_piix4_tcg_cphp(void)
     memset(&data, 0, sizeof(data));
     data.machine = MACHINE_PC;
     data.variant = ".cphp";
-    test_acpi_one("-smp 2,cores=3,sockets=2,maxcpus=6",
+    test_acpi_one("-smp 2,cores=3,sockets=2,maxcpus=6"
+                  " -numa node -numa node",
                   &data);
     free_test_data(&data);
 }
@@ -823,7 +824,8 @@ static void test_acpi_q35_tcg_cphp(void)
     memset(&data, 0, sizeof(data));
     data.machine = MACHINE_Q35;
     data.variant = ".cphp";
-    test_acpi_one(" -smp 2,cores=3,sockets=2,maxcpus=6",
+    test_acpi_one(" -smp 2,cores=3,sockets=2,maxcpus=6"
+                  " -numa node -numa node",
                   &data);
     free_test_data(&data);
 }