diff --git a/tests/common/plugins/sanity_check/checks.py b/tests/common/plugins/sanity_check/checks.py
index d18c64bd020..7beedc462dc 100644
--- a/tests/common/plugins/sanity_check/checks.py
+++ b/tests/common/plugins/sanity_check/checks.py
@@ -239,6 +239,10 @@ def _check_bgp_status_helper():
             logger.info("No VMs in topology, skip checking bgp status on host %s ..." % dut.hostname)
             results[dut.hostname] = check_result
             return
+        if 'tgen' in tbinfo['topo'] or 'ixia' in tbinfo['topo']:
+            logger.info("TGEN/IXIA topology, skip checking bgp status on host %s ..." % dut.hostname)
+            results[dut.hostname] = check_result
+            return
 
         networking_uptime = dut.get_networking_uptime().seconds
         if SYSTEM_STABILIZE_MAX_TIME - networking_uptime + 480 > 500:
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 1c3a991986e..59bed33f2a8 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -650,7 +650,8 @@ def nbrhosts(enhance_inventory, ansible_adhoc, tbinfo, creds, request):
     """
     logger.info("Fixture nbrhosts started")
     devices = {}
-    if (not tbinfo['vm_base'] and 'tgen' in tbinfo['topo']['name']) or 'ptf' in tbinfo['topo']['name']:
+    if (not tbinfo['vm_base'] and 'tgen' in tbinfo['topo']['name']) or 'ptf' in tbinfo['topo']['name'] or \
+       'ixia' in tbinfo['topo']['name']:
         logger.info("No VMs exist for this topology: {}".format(tbinfo['topo']['name']))
         return devices