diff --git a/src/include/sof/boot_test.h b/src/include/sof/boot_test.h
index dfa8671ee55f..fd4fd3df03bd 100644
--- a/src/include/sof/boot_test.h
+++ b/src/include/sof/boot_test.h
@@ -38,6 +38,18 @@ struct k_thread;
 
 void sof_run_boot_tests(void);
 
+/**
+ * ZTEST_SUITE() predicate for standalone test suites that run themselves
+ * from a SYS_INIT hook with ztest_run_test_suite(). That call does not
+ * check the predicate, but ztest_run_all() in sof_run_boot_tests() does,
+ * so the suite is not run a second time.
+ */
+static inline bool sof_boot_test_standalone_predicate(const void *state)
+{
+	(void)state;
+	return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * Mark a boot-test thread as expected to trigger a fatal error.
  *
diff --git a/zephyr/test/userspace/test_intel_hda_dma.c b/zephyr/test/userspace/test_intel_hda_dma.c
index 064cb2b115c0..ac434ce2e9ab 100644
--- a/zephyr/test/userspace/test_intel_hda_dma.c
+++ b/zephyr/test/userspace/test_intel_hda_dma.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ ZTEST(userspace_intel_hda_dma, dma_mem_to_host)
 	ztest_test_pass();
 }
 
-ZTEST_SUITE(userspace_intel_hda_dma, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+ZTEST_SUITE(userspace_intel_hda_dma, sof_boot_test_standalone_predicate, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
 /**
  * SOF main has booted up and IPC handling is stopped.
diff --git a/zephyr/test/userspace/test_intel_ssp_dai.c b/zephyr/test/userspace/test_intel_ssp_dai.c
index 6c700c3839bb..fc9d2b4bd356 100644
--- a/zephyr/test/userspace/test_intel_ssp_dai.c
+++ b/zephyr/test/userspace/test_intel_ssp_dai.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ ZTEST(userspace_intel_dai_ssp, dai_ssp_loopback_setup)
 	ztest_test_pass();
 }
 
-ZTEST_SUITE(userspace_intel_dai_ssp, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+ZTEST_SUITE(userspace_intel_dai_ssp, sof_boot_test_standalone_predicate, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
 /**
  * SOF main has booted up and IPC handling is stopped.
diff --git a/zephyr/test/userspace/test_ll_task.c b/zephyr/test/userspace/test_ll_task.c
index f6a63b7194bd..2599ce0ec859 100644
--- a/zephyr/test/userspace/test_ll_task.c
+++ b/zephyr/test/userspace/test_ll_task.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ ZTEST(userspace_ll, pipeline_check)
 	pipeline_check();
 }
 
-ZTEST_SUITE(userspace_ll, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+ZTEST_SUITE(userspace_ll, sof_boot_test_standalone_predicate, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
 /**
  * SOF main has booted up and IPC handling is stopped.
diff --git a/zephyr/test/userspace/test_mailbox.c b/zephyr/test/userspace/test_mailbox.c
index 766dababb553..64ef3075014f 100644
--- a/zephyr/test/userspace/test_mailbox.c
+++ b/zephyr/test/userspace/test_mailbox.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ ZTEST(userspace_mailbox, mailbox_test)
 	ztest_test_pass();
 }
 
-ZTEST_SUITE(userspace_mailbox, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+ZTEST_SUITE(userspace_mailbox, sof_boot_test_standalone_predicate, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
 /**
  * SOF main has booted up and IPC handling is stopped.