diff --git a/tests/avocado/tcg_plugins.py b/tests/avocado/tcg_plugins.py
index 642d2e49e3..15fd87b2c1 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/tcg_plugins.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/tcg_plugins.py
@@ -54,13 +54,11 @@ class PluginKernelBase(LinuxKernelTest):
 class PluginKernelNormal(PluginKernelBase):
 
     def _grab_aarch64_kernel(self):
-        kernel_url = ('http://security.debian.org/'
-                      'debian-security/pool/updates/main/l/linux-signed-arm64/'
-                      'linux-image-4.19.0-12-arm64_4.19.152-1_arm64.deb')
-        kernel_sha1 = '2036c2792f80ac9c4ccaae742b2e0a28385b6010'
-        kernel_deb = self.fetch_asset(kernel_url, asset_hash=kernel_sha1)
-        kernel_path = self.extract_from_deb(kernel_deb,
-                                            "/boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-12-arm64")
+        kernel_url = ('https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/arm64/Image')
+        kernel_sha256 = 'ce95a7101a5fecebe0fe630deee6bd97b32ba41bc8754090e9ad8961ea8674c7'
+        kernel_path = self.fetch_asset(kernel_url,
+                                       asset_hash=kernel_sha256,
+                                       algorithm = "sha256")
         return kernel_path
 
     def test_aarch64_virt_insn(self):
@@ -88,6 +86,10 @@ class PluginKernelNormal(PluginKernelBase):
             m = re.search(br"insns: (?P<count>\d+)", s)
             if "count" not in m.groupdict():
                 self.fail("Failed to find instruction count")
+            else:
+                count = int(m.group("count"))
+                self.log.info(f"Counted: {count} instructions")
+
 
     def test_aarch64_virt_insn_icount(self):
         """
@@ -111,9 +113,13 @@ class PluginKernelNormal(PluginKernelBase):
 
         with plugin_log as lf, \
              mmap.mmap(lf.fileno(), 0, access=mmap.ACCESS_READ) as s:
-            m = re.search(br"detected repeat execution @ (?P<addr>0x[0-9A-Fa-f]+)", s)
-            if m is not None and "addr" in m.groupdict():
-                self.fail("detected repeated instructions")
+
+            m = re.search(br"insns: (?P<count>\d+)", s)
+            if "count" not in m.groupdict():
+                self.fail("Failed to find instruction count")
+            else:
+                count = int(m.group("count"))
+                self.log.info(f"Counted: {count} instructions")
 
     def test_aarch64_virt_mem_icount(self):
         """
@@ -145,3 +151,5 @@ class PluginKernelNormal(PluginKernelBase):
                 callback = int(m[1])
                 if inline != callback:
                     self.fail("mismatched access counts")
+                else:
+                    self.log.info(f"Counted {inline} memory accesses")