diff --git a/qemu/tests/cfg/chardev_free_port.cfg b/qemu/tests/cfg/chardev_free_port.cfg
index 4e8039035fc6f53ec02a0b15162049264a141895..160c791d3c9c1d83d58a6a3c71126c3d6723321b 100644
--- a/qemu/tests/cfg/chardev_free_port.cfg
+++ b/qemu/tests/cfg/chardev_free_port.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     type = chardev_free_port
     vms = 'vm0 vm1'
     start_vm = no
-    image_snapshot = on
+    image_snapshot = yes
     extra_chardevs = "channel1"
     chardev_backend_channel1 = "tcp_socket"
-    qemu_force_use_drive_expression = yes
diff --git a/qemu/tests/chardev_free_port.py b/qemu/tests/chardev_free_port.py
index 0b4dead391282b5189dc3b7cf6be29506197e9e9..b007d0a92c579dce2035a6a15dbce90277c4c476 100644
--- a/qemu/tests/chardev_free_port.py
+++ b/qemu/tests/chardev_free_port.py
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ def run(test, params, env):
         extra_params = ' ' + char_device.cmdline()
         params['extra_params_%s' % vm] = params.get('extra_params', '') + extra_params
         params['start_vm_%s' % vm] = "yes"
-        env_process.preprocess(test, params, env)
+    env_process.preprocess(test, params, env)
+    for vm in vms:
         _vm = env.get_vm(vm)
         chardev_infos.append(_vm.monitor.info("chardev"))
     _port, _to = int(chardev_params['port']), int(chardev_params['to'])