diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 58200bc60..0a25d2374 100755
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -2017,6 +2017,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
+    #[ignore]
     fn test_reboot() {
         test_block!(tb, "", {
             let mut clear = ClearDiskConfig::new();
@@ -2085,6 +2086,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
+    #[ignore]
     fn test_bzimage_reboot() {
         test_block!(tb, "", {
             let mut clear = ClearDiskConfig::new();
diff --git a/vmm/src/lib.rs b/vmm/src/lib.rs
index a2706ad68..78077e30a 100644
--- a/vmm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/lib.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ impl Vmm {
 }
 
 pub fn boot_kernel(config: VmConfig) -> Result<()> {
+    #[allow(clippy::never_loop)]
     loop {
         let vmm = Vmm::new()?;
         let mut vm = Vm::new(&vmm.kvm, &config).map_err(Error::VmNew)?;
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ pub fn boot_kernel(config: VmConfig) -> Result<()> {
         if vm.start(entry).map_err(Error::VmStart)? == ExitBehaviour::Shutdown {
             break;
         }
+        error!("Shutting down rather than rebooting due to known resource leaks: https://github.com/intel/cloud-hypervisor/issues/223");
+        break;
     }
 
     Ok(())