diff --git a/test/integration/smoke/test_cluster_drs.py b/test/integration/smoke/test_cluster_drs.py
index 8b4801849fd..f1eb48f92f5 100644
--- a/test/integration/smoke/test_cluster_drs.py
+++ b/test/integration/smoke/test_cluster_drs.py
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ class TestClusterDRS(cloudstackTestCase):
         )
         cls._cleanup.append(cls.network)
 
-        cls.migrateSvms(cls.cluster)
+        cls.hypervisor = cls.testClient.getHypervisorInfo()
+        if cls.hypervisor.lower() not in ['simulator']:
+            cls.migrateSvms(cls.cluster)
 
     @classmethod
     def migrateSvms(cls, cluster):