diff --git a/case-lib/lib.sh b/case-lib/lib.sh
index 03051e9c..3d60f9c6 100644
--- a/case-lib/lib.sh
+++ b/case-lib/lib.sh
@@ -365,7 +365,8 @@ die()
 
 skip_test()
 {
-    dlogi "$@"
+    dlogw 'SKIP test because:'
+    dlogw "$@"
     # See func_exit_handler()
     exit 2
 }
diff --git a/test-case/check-sof-logger.sh b/test-case/check-sof-logger.sh
index 4de6487b..40045196 100755
--- a/test-case/check-sof-logger.sh
+++ b/test-case/check-sof-logger.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ md5list()
     while read -r; do md5sum "$REPLY"; done
 }
 
+# TODO: move all this code to "main" or any other, possibly new
+# function. See why in
+# https://github.com/thesofproject/sof-test/issues/740
+
 # Recent Ubuntu versions symlink the entire /bin -> /usr/bin so we
 # cannot just count the number of filenames we found. Count the
 # number of different _checksums_ we found in PATH.
@@ -153,6 +157,12 @@ main()
         skip_test "The SOF logger does not work with Zephyr yet, see issue #4420"
     fi
 
+    local platform; platform=$("$TOPDIR"/tools/sof-dump-status.py -p)
+
+    if [ adl = "$platform" ]; then
+        skip_test "adl FW takes too long to boot, see linux/issues/3042"
+    fi
+
     reload_drivers
 
     run_loggers ||