diff --git a/apps/microtvm/zephyr/aot_demo/src/zephyr_uart.c b/apps/microtvm/zephyr/aot_demo/src/zephyr_uart.c
index 4879f7565551..02401584f652 100644
--- a/apps/microtvm/zephyr/aot_demo/src/zephyr_uart.c
+++ b/apps/microtvm/zephyr/aot_demo/src/zephyr_uart.c
@@ -77,13 +77,11 @@ uint32_t TVMPlatformWriteSerial(const char* data, uint32_t size) {
 void TVMPlatformUARTInit() {
   // Claim console device.
   g_microtvm_uart = device_get_binding(DT_LABEL(DT_CHOSEN(zephyr_console)));
-  const struct uart_config config = {
-    .baudrate = 115200,
-    .parity = UART_CFG_PARITY_NONE,
-    .stop_bits = UART_CFG_STOP_BITS_1,
-    .data_bits = UART_CFG_DATA_BITS_8,
-    .flow_ctrl = UART_CFG_FLOW_CTRL_NONE
-  };
+  const struct uart_config config = {.baudrate = 115200,
+                                     .parity = UART_CFG_PARITY_NONE,
+                                     .stop_bits = UART_CFG_STOP_BITS_1,
+                                     .data_bits = UART_CFG_DATA_BITS_8,
+                                     .flow_ctrl = UART_CFG_FLOW_CTRL_NONE};
   uart_configure(g_microtvm_uart, &config);
   uart_rx_init(&uart_rx_rbuf, g_microtvm_uart);
 }
diff --git a/tests/micro/zephyr/conftest.py b/tests/micro/zephyr/conftest.py
index 285a4b0b867f..fc68d6715e13 100644
--- a/tests/micro/zephyr/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/micro/zephyr/conftest.py
@@ -59,7 +59,12 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
 
 
 def pytest_generate_tests(metafunc):
-    if "platform" in metafunc.fixturenames:
+    parametrized_args = [
+        arg.strip()
+        for mark in metafunc.definition.iter_markers("parametrize")
+        for arg in mark.args[0].split(",")
+    ]
+    if "platform" not in parametrized_args:
         metafunc.parametrize("platform", metafunc.config.getoption("microtvm_platforms").split(","))
 
 
diff --git a/tests/micro/zephyr/test_zephyr_aot.py b/tests/micro/zephyr/test_zephyr_aot.py
index afdbdc590de0..e1869227c789 100644
--- a/tests/micro/zephyr/test_zephyr_aot.py
+++ b/tests/micro/zephyr/test_zephyr_aot.py
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ def test_tflite(platform, west_cmd, skip_build, tvm_debug):
     assert result == 8
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("platform", ["host", "mps2_an521"])
 def test_qemu_make_fail(platform, west_cmd, skip_build, tvm_debug):
     """Testing QEMU make fail."""
     model, zephyr_board = PLATFORMS[platform]