diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py
index 2bf5cb9..fa81584 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py
@@ -979,14 +979,18 @@
     @only_for_arch(['i586', 'i686', 'x86_64'])
     def test_rawcopy_plugin_qemu(self):
         """Test rawcopy plugin in qemu"""
-        # build ext4 and wic images
-        for fstype in ("ext4", "wic"):
-            config = 'IMAGE_FSTYPES = "%s"\nWKS_FILE = "test_rawcopy_plugin.wks.in"\n' % fstype
-            self.append_config(config)
-            self.assertEqual(0, bitbake('core-image-minimal').status)
-            self.remove_config(config)
+        # build ext4 and then use it for a wic image
+        config = 'IMAGE_FSTYPES = "ext4"\n'
+        self.append_config(config)
+        self.assertEqual(0, bitbake('core-image-minimal').status)
+        self.remove_config(config)
 
-        with runqemu('core-image-minimal', ssh=False, image_fstype='wic') as qemu:
+        config = 'IMAGE_FSTYPES = "wic"\nWKS_FILE = "test_rawcopy_plugin.wks.in"\n'
+        self.append_config(config)
+        self.assertEqual(0, bitbake('core-image-minimal-mtdutils').status)
+        self.remove_config(config)
+
+        with runqemu('core-image-minimal-mtdutils', ssh=False, image_fstype='wic') as qemu:
             cmd = "grep sda. /proc/partitions  |wc -l"
             status, output = qemu.run_serial(cmd)
             self.assertEqual(1, status, 'Failed to run command "%s": %s' % (cmd, output))