diff --git a/cpu/numactl.py b/cpu/numactl.py
index 77d0c5d0f..8ca22a487 100644
--- a/cpu/numactl.py
+++ b/cpu/numactl.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ def numa_ping(self, cmd):
         if " 0% packet loss" not in output:
             self.cancel("failed due to packet loss")
 
-    def test(self):
+    def test_basic(self):
 
         if build.make(self.sourcedir, extra_args='-k -j 1'
                       ' test', ignore_status=True):