diff --git a/qemu/tests/cfg/boot_from_device.cfg b/qemu/tests/cfg/boot_from_device.cfg
index ba07efea2e7adc17a4af4ca8984798bc1f902648..45bd5680a97f06651e5e143992fdadb7f9541e3e 100644
--- a/qemu/tests/cfg/boot_from_device.cfg
+++ b/qemu/tests/cfg/boot_from_device.cfg
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
     image_boot = no
     virt_test_type = qemu
     boot_menu_key = "f12"
-    boot_menu_hint = "Press .*F12 for boot menu"
+    Host_RHEL.m7:
+        boot_menu_key = "esc"
+    boot_menu_hint = "Press .*(F12|ESC) for boot menu"
     boot_fail_info = "Booting from Hard Disk...;"
     boot_fail_info += "Boot failed: not a bootable disk"
     variants:
diff --git a/qemu/tests/cfg/seabios.cfg b/qemu/tests/cfg/seabios.cfg
index 3424ee8afc138f8f1c9c085e5f2b4ad897880d9c..744ad2c2ac2d40fecc471a6e5fc7c6dfb2545531 100644
--- a/qemu/tests/cfg/seabios.cfg
+++ b/qemu/tests/cfg/seabios.cfg
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
     enable_sga = yes
     image_verify_bootable = no
     boot_menu_key = "f12"
-    boot_menu_hint = "Press .*F12 for boot menu"
+    Host_RHEL.m7:
+        boot_menu_key = "esc"
+    boot_menu_hint = "Press .*(F12|ESC) for boot menu"
     # Specify the boot device name which you want to test here.
     boot_device = "iPXE"
     Host_RHEL.m6: