diff --git a/libvirt/tests/src/guest_os_booting/ovmf_firmware/ovmf_backed_nvram.py b/libvirt/tests/src/guest_os_booting/ovmf_firmware/ovmf_backed_nvram.py
index 9159e9370a..22508b31c8 100644
--- a/libvirt/tests/src/guest_os_booting/ovmf_firmware/ovmf_backed_nvram.py
+++ b/libvirt/tests/src/guest_os_booting/ovmf_firmware/ovmf_backed_nvram.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ def compare_guest_xml(vmxml, os_attrs):
         current_os_attrs = os_xml.fetch_attrs()
         for key in os_attrs:
             if key in current_os_attrs:
+                if key == "nvram_attrs":
+                    current_os_attrs[key].pop("templateFormat")
                 if os_attrs[key] != current_os_attrs[key]:
                     test.fail("Configured os xml value {} doesn't match the"
                               " entry {} in guest xml".format(os_attrs[key], current_os_attrs[key]))