diff --git a/hw/riscv/boot.c b/hw/riscv/boot.c
index 5dee63011b..6b7d322e85 100644
--- a/hw/riscv/boot.c
+++ b/hw/riscv/boot.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "hw/riscv/boot.h"
 #include "hw/boards.h"
 #include "elf.h"
+#include "sysemu/qtest.h"
 
 #if defined(TARGET_RISCV32)
 # define KERNEL_BOOT_ADDRESS 0x80400000
@@ -46,10 +47,13 @@ void riscv_find_and_load_firmware(MachineState *machine,
          * In the future this defaul will change to loading the prebuilt
          * OpenSBI firmware. Let's warn the user and then continue.
         */
-        warn_report("No -bios option specified. Not loading a firmware.");
-        warn_report("This default will change in QEMU 4.3. Please use the " \
-                    "-bios option to aviod breakages when this happens.");
-        warn_report("See QEMU's deprecation documentation for details");
+        if (!qtest_enabled()) {
+            warn_report("No -bios option specified. Not loading a firmware.");
+            warn_report("This default will change in a future QEMU release. " \
+                        "Please use the -bios option to avoid breakages when "\
+                        "this happens.");
+            warn_report("See QEMU's deprecation documentation for details.");
+        }
         return;
     }