diff --git a/libvirt/tests/cfg/memory/nvdimm.cfg b/libvirt/tests/cfg/memory/nvdimm.cfg
index d7c0d003f15..0a353d31848 100644
--- a/libvirt/tests/cfg/memory/nvdimm.cfg
+++ b/libvirt/tests/cfg/memory/nvdimm.cfg
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
     type = nvdimm
     start_vm = no
     nvdimm_file_size = '512M'
+    cpuxml_mode = host-model
+    aarch64:
+        cpuxml_mode = host-passthrough
     variants:
         - back_file:
             nvdimm_file = /tmp/nvdimm
-            cpuxml_mode = host-model
             cpuxml_check = partial
             cpuxml_fallback = allow
             nvdimmxml_mem_model = nvdimm
@@ -37,6 +39,8 @@
                         - default:
                         - check_life_cycle:
                             check_life_cycle = "yes"
+                            error_msg_1 = "unsupported configuration: revert to external snapshot not supported yet"
+                            error_msg_2 = "internal error: Invalid target domain state 'disk-snapshot'. Refusing snapshot reversion"
                         - discard:
                             check = discard
                             nvdimmxml_discard = yes
@@ -46,7 +50,7 @@
                             check = pmem_alignsize
                             nvdimm_file_path = '/tmp/nvdimm'
                             alignsize = 2048
-                            vm_attrs = {'max_mem_rt': 8192, 'max_mem_rt_slots': 8, 'max_mem_rt_unit': 'M', 'vcpu': 4, 'cpu': {'mode': 'host-model', 'numa_cell': [{'id': '0', 'cpus': '0-1', 'memory': '2097152', 'unit': 'K'}, {'id': '1', 'cpus': '2-3', 'memory': '2097152', 'unit': 'K'}]}}
+                            vm_attrs = {'max_mem_rt': 8192, 'max_mem_rt_slots': 8, 'max_mem_rt_unit': 'M', 'vcpu': 4, 'cpu': {'mode': '${cpuxml_mode}', 'numa_cell': [{'id': '0', 'cpus': '0-1', 'memory': '2097152', 'unit': 'K'}, {'id': '1', 'cpus': '2-3', 'memory': '2097152', 'unit': 'K'}]}}
                             mem_device_attrs = {'mem_model': 'nvdimm', 'source': {'path': '${nvdimm_file_path}', 'alignsize': ${alignsize}, 'alignsize_unit': 'K', 'pmem': True}, 'target': {'size': 512, 'size_unit': 'M', 'node': 1, 'readonly': True, 'label': {'size': 128, 'size_unit': 'KiB'}}}
                             qemu_checks = "align.*pmem"
                             error_msg = "['pwrite.* failed: Operation not permitted', 'wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/pmem0']"
@@ -113,7 +117,6 @@
             nvdimmxml2_label_size = 128
             nvdimmxml2_label_size_unit = KiB
             nvdimmxml2_address_slot = 1
-            cpuxml_mode = host-model
             cpuxml_check = partial
             cpuxml_fallback = allow
             cpuxml_topology = {'sockets': '2', 'cores': '2', 'threads': '1'}
diff --git a/libvirt/tests/src/memory/nvdimm.py b/libvirt/tests/src/memory/nvdimm.py
index 3eba7f00873..e57a199a270 100644
--- a/libvirt/tests/src/memory/nvdimm.py
+++ b/libvirt/tests/src/memory/nvdimm.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from avocado.utils import process
 
 from virttest import libvirt_version
+from virttest import xml_utils
 from virttest import virsh
 from virttest import utils_hotplug
 from virttest import utils_package
@@ -339,9 +340,30 @@ def test_with_label(vm, params, test):
         vm_session = vm.wait_for_login()
         check_nvdimm_file(test_str, test_file, vm_session, test)
         vm_session.close()
-        virsh.snapshot_create_as(vm_name, vm_s1, ignore_status=False, debug=True)
-        virsh.snapshot_revert(vm_name, vm_s1, ignore_status=False, debug=True)
-        virsh.snapshot_delete(vm_name, vm_s1, ignore_status=False, debug=True)
+        if platform.machine() == 'aarch64':
+            virsh.snapshot_create_as(vm_name, "%s --disk-only" % vm_s1,
+                                     ignore_status=False, debug=True)
+            revert_result = virsh.snapshot_revert(vm_name, vm_s1, debug=True)
+            if revert_result.exit_status:
+                error_msg_1 = params.get('error_msg_1')
+                error_msg_2 = params.get('error_msg_2')
+                if not re.search(error_msg_1, revert_result.stderr) \
+                        and not re.search(error_msg_2, revert_result.stderr):
+                    test.fail("The error '{}' or '{}' should be in the output \n'{}'" %
+                              format(error_msg_1, error_msg_2, revert_result.stderr))
+            if libvirt_version.version_compare(9, 10, 0):
+                virsh.snapshot_delete(vm_name, vm_s1, ignore_status=False, debug=True)
+            else:
+                virsh.snapshot_delete(vm_name, "%s --metadata" % vm_s1, ignore_status=False, debug=True)
+                domxml = virsh.dumpxml(vm_name).stdout.strip()
+                xtf_dom = xml_utils.XMLTreeFile(domxml)
+                snap_file_path = xtf_dom.find("devices/disk/source").get("file")
+                if os.path.exists(snap_file_path):
+                    os.remove(snap_file_path)
+        else:
+            virsh.snapshot_create_as(vm_name, vm_s1, ignore_status=False, debug=True)
+            virsh.snapshot_revert(vm_name, vm_s1, ignore_status=False, debug=True)
+            virsh.snapshot_delete(vm_name, vm_s1, ignore_status=False, debug=True)
 
 
 def test_hotplug(vm, params, test):