diff --git a/tests/disk_custom_lvm_ext4_postinstall.pm b/tests/disk_custom_lvm_ext4_postinstall.pm
index 8f66a443..d72c18a4 100644
--- a/tests/disk_custom_lvm_ext4_postinstall.pm
+++ b/tests/disk_custom_lvm_ext4_postinstall.pm
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 use base "installedtest";
 use strict;
 use testapi;
+use utils;
 
 sub run {
+    my $self = shift;
+    unless (check_screen "root_console", 0) {
+        $self->root_console(tty=>4);
+    }
     assert_screen "root_console";
     my $devboot = 'vda1';
 
diff --git a/tests/disk_custom_lvmthin_postinstall.pm b/tests/disk_custom_lvmthin_postinstall.pm
index 1f2d4c25..0d941739 100644
--- a/tests/disk_custom_lvmthin_postinstall.pm
+++ b/tests/disk_custom_lvmthin_postinstall.pm
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 use base "installedtest";
 use strict;
 use testapi;
+use utils;
 
 sub run {
+    my $self = shift;
+    unless (check_screen "root_console", 0) {
+        $self->root_console(tty=>4);
+    }
     assert_screen "root_console";
     # check that lvmthinpool is present:
     # http://atodorov.org/blog/2015/04/14/how-to-find-if-lvm-volume-is-thinly-provisioned/
diff --git a/tests/disk_custom_software_raid_postinstall.pm b/tests/disk_custom_software_raid_postinstall.pm
index 6cff869e..ad3d53d1 100644
--- a/tests/disk_custom_software_raid_postinstall.pm
+++ b/tests/disk_custom_software_raid_postinstall.pm
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 use base "installedtest";
 use strict;
 use testapi;
+use utils;
 
 sub run {
+    my $self = shift;
+    unless (check_screen "root_console", 0) {
+        $self->root_console(tty=>4);
+    }
     assert_screen "root_console";
     # check that RAID is used
     assert_script_run "cat /proc/mdstat | grep 'Personalities : \\\[raid1\\\]'";
diff --git a/tests/disk_custom_standard_partition_ext4_postinstall.pm b/tests/disk_custom_standard_partition_ext4_postinstall.pm
index 429eabdb..a80d3858 100644
--- a/tests/disk_custom_standard_partition_ext4_postinstall.pm
+++ b/tests/disk_custom_standard_partition_ext4_postinstall.pm
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 use base "installedtest";
 use strict;
 use testapi;
+use utils;
 
 sub run {
+    my $self = shift;
+    unless (check_screen "root_console", 0) {
+        $self->root_console(tty=>4);
+    }
     assert_screen "root_console";
     my $count = 4;
     my $devroot = 'vda1';