diff --git a/test/integration-tests/TEST-64-UDEV-STORAGE/meson.build b/test/integration-tests/TEST-64-UDEV-STORAGE/meson.build
index 3df914fd4d9..a1c28f5e6ae 100644
--- a/test/integration-tests/TEST-64-UDEV-STORAGE/meson.build
+++ b/test/integration-tests/TEST-64-UDEV-STORAGE/meson.build
@@ -176,23 +176,23 @@ udev_storage_tests += udev_storage_test_template + {
 cmdline = []
 qemu_args = []
 
-foreach i : range(20)
+foreach i : range(12)
         cmdline += [f'--drive=nvme@i@:1M::']
 endforeach
 
-foreach i : range(5)
+foreach i : range(3)
         qemu_args += ['-device', f'nvme,drive=nvme@i@,serial=deadbeef@i@,max_ioqpairs=8']
 endforeach
 
-foreach i : range(5, 10)
+foreach i : range(3, 6)
         qemu_args += ['-device', f'"nvme,drive=nvme@i@,serial=    deadbeef  @i@   ,max_ioqpairs=8"']
 endforeach
 
-foreach i : range(10, 15)
+foreach i : range(6, 9)
         qemu_args += ['-device', f'"nvme,drive=nvme@i@,serial=    dead/beef/@i@   ,max_ioqpairs=8"']
 endforeach
 
-foreach i : range(15, 20)
+foreach i : range(9, 12)
         qemu_args += ['-device', f'"nvme,drive=nvme@i@,serial=dead/../../beef/@i@,max_ioqpairs=8"']
 endforeach
 
diff --git a/test/units/TEST-64-UDEV-STORAGE.sh b/test/units/TEST-64-UDEV-STORAGE.sh
index e175f6c3d78..85cd26d18f2 100755
--- a/test/units/TEST-64-UDEV-STORAGE.sh
+++ b/test/units/TEST-64-UDEV-STORAGE.sh
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ testcase_nvme_basic() {
     local expected_symlinks=()
     local i
 
-    for i in {0..4}; do
+    for i in {0..2}; do
         expected_symlinks+=(
             # both replace mode provides the same devlink
             /dev/disk/by-id/nvme-QEMU_NVMe_Ctrl_deadbeef"$i"
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ testcase_nvme_basic() {
             /dev/disk/by-id/nvme-QEMU_NVMe_Ctrl_deadbeef"$i"_1
         )
     done
-    for i in {5..9}; do
+    for i in {3..5}; do
         expected_symlinks+=(
             # old replace mode
             /dev/disk/by-id/nvme-QEMU_NVMe_Ctrl__deadbeef_"$i"
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ testcase_nvme_basic() {
             /dev/disk/by-id/nvme-QEMU_NVMe_Ctrl_____deadbeef__"$i"_1
         )
     done
-    for i in {10..14}; do
+    for i in {6..8}; do
         expected_symlinks+=(
             # old replace mode does not provide devlink, as serial contains "/"
             # newer replace mode
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ testcase_nvme_basic() {
             /dev/disk/by-id/nvme-QEMU_NVMe_Ctrl_____dead_beef_"$i"_1
         )
     done
-    for i in {15..19}; do
+    for i in {9..11}; do
         expected_symlinks+=(
             # old replace mode does not provide devlink, as serial contains "/"
             # newer replace mode
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ testcase_nvme_basic() {
     test ! -e /dev/disk/by-id/nvme-QEMU_NVMe_Ctrl_deadbeef
 
     lsblk --noheadings | grep "^nvme"
-    [[ "$(lsblk --noheadings | grep -c "^nvme")" -ge 20 ]]
+    [[ "$(lsblk --noheadings | grep -c "^nvme")" -ge 12 ]]
 }
 
 testcase_nvme_subsystem() {