diff --git a/qemu/tests/cfg/virt_firmware_check_phys_bits.cfg b/qemu/tests/cfg/virt_firmware_check_phys_bits.cfg
index 011a084715..4c4e1939c2 100644
--- a/qemu/tests/cfg/virt_firmware_check_phys_bits.cfg
+++ b/qemu/tests/cfg/virt_firmware_check_phys_bits.cfg
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     ovmf:
         only q35
         limitation_from_ovmf = 46
-        limitation_msg = "limit PhysBits to ${limitation_from_ovmf} \(avoid 5-level paging\)"
+        limitation_msg = "limit PhysBits to ${limitation_from_ovmf} \((?:avoid 5-level paging|4-level paging)\)"
         phys_bits_msg = "PhysBits: %d"
     default_bios:
         no Host_RHEL.m9.u3