diff --git a/tests/qos/qos_sai_base.py b/tests/qos/qos_sai_base.py
index 4054fe4fde8..6663fffe4af 100644
--- a/tests/qos/qos_sai_base.py
+++ b/tests/qos/qos_sai_base.py
@@ -2202,7 +2202,7 @@ def skip_src_dst_different_asic(self, dutConfig):
 
     @pytest.fixture(scope="function", autouse=False)
     def skip_pacific_dst_asic(self, dutConfig):
-        if dutConfig['dstDutAsic'] == "pac":
+        if dutConfig.get('dstDutAsic', 'UnknownDstDutAsic') == "pac":
             pytest.skip(
                 "This test is skipped since egress asic is cisco-8000 Q100.")
         yield
diff --git a/tests/qos/test_qos_sai.py b/tests/qos/test_qos_sai.py
index 4f16f540365..370e9af37e9 100644
--- a/tests/qos/test_qos_sai.py
+++ b/tests/qos/test_qos_sai.py
@@ -1578,7 +1578,7 @@ def testQosSaiPgSharedWatermark(
         if "wm_pg_shared_lossless" in pgProfile:
             pktsNumFillShared = qosConfig[pgProfile]["pkts_num_trig_pfc"]
         elif "wm_pg_shared_lossy" in pgProfile:
-            if dutConfig['dstDutAsic'] == "pac":
+            if dutConfig.get('dstDutAsic', 'UnknownDstDutAsic') == "pac":
                 pytest.skip(
                     "PGSharedWatermark: Lossy test is not applicable in "
                     "cisco-8000 Q100 platform.")