diff --git a/tests/acceptance/linux_ssh_mips_malta.py b/tests/acceptance/linux_ssh_mips_malta.py
index b19598e14c..14b8a5bd2a 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/linux_ssh_mips_malta.py
+++ b/tests/acceptance/linux_ssh_mips_malta.py
@@ -25,15 +25,44 @@ class LinuxSSH(Test):
     KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE = 'printk.time=0 '
     VM_IP = '127.0.0.1'
 
+    BASE_URL = 'https://people.debian.org/~aurel32/qemu/'
     IMAGE_INFO = {
-        'be': {'image_url': ('https://people.debian.org/~aurel32/qemu/mips/'
-                             'debian_wheezy_mips_standard.qcow2'),
-               'image_hash': '8987a63270df67345b2135a6b7a4885a35e392d5'},
-        'le': {'image_url': ('https://people.debian.org/~aurel32/qemu/mipsel/'
-                             'debian_wheezy_mipsel_standard.qcow2'),
-               'image_hash': '7866764d9de3ef536ffca24c9fb9f04ffdb45802'}
+        'be': {'base_url': 'mips',
+               'image_name': 'debian_wheezy_mips_standard.qcow2',
+               'image_hash': '8987a63270df67345b2135a6b7a4885a35e392d5',
+               'kernel_hash': {
+                   32: '592e384a4edc16dade52a6cd5c785c637bcbc9ad',
+                   64: 'db6eea7de35d36c77d8c165b6bcb222e16eb91db'}
+              },
+        'le': {'base_url': 'mipsel',
+               'image_name': 'debian_wheezy_mipsel_standard.qcow2',
+               'image_hash': '7866764d9de3ef536ffca24c9fb9f04ffdb45802',
+               'kernel_hash': {
+                   32: 'a66bea5a8adaa2cb3d36a1d4e0ccdb01be8f6c2a',
+                   64: '6a7f77245acf231415a0e8b725d91ed2f3487794'}
+              }
+        }
+    CPU_INFO = {
+        32: {'kernel_release': '3.2.0-4-4kc-malta'},
+        64: {'kernel_release': '3.2.0-4-5kc-malta'}
         }
 
+    def get_url(self, endianess, path=''):
+        qkey = {'le': 'el', 'be': ''}
+        return '%s/mips%s/%s' % (self.BASE_URL, qkey[endianess], path)
+
+    def get_image_info(self, endianess):
+        dinfo = self.IMAGE_INFO[endianess]
+        image_url = self.get_url(endianess, dinfo['image_name'])
+        image_hash = dinfo['image_hash']
+        return (image_url, image_hash)
+
+    def get_kernel_info(self, endianess, wordsize):
+        minfo = self.CPU_INFO[wordsize]
+        kernel_url = self.get_url(endianess,
+                                  'vmlinux-%s' % minfo['kernel_release'])
+        kernel_hash = self.IMAGE_INFO[endianess]['kernel_hash'][wordsize]
+        return kernel_url, kernel_hash
 
     @skipUnless(ssh.SSH_CLIENT_BINARY, 'No SSH client available')
     @skipUnless(os.getenv('AVOCADO_TIMEOUT_EXPECTED'), 'Test might timeout')
@@ -91,8 +120,7 @@ class LinuxSSH(Test):
         return stdout_lines, stderr_lines
 
     def boot_debian_wheezy_image_and_ssh_login(self, endianess, kernel_path):
-        image_url = self.IMAGE_INFO[endianess]['image_url']
-        image_hash = self.IMAGE_INFO[endianess]['image_hash']
+        image_url, image_hash = self.get_image_info(endianess)
         image_path = self.fetch_asset(image_url, asset_hash=image_hash)
 
         self.vm.set_machine('malta')
@@ -184,7 +212,10 @@ class LinuxSSH(Test):
             'md5sum /dev/mtd2ro',
             '0dfbe8aa4c20b52e1b8bf3cb6cbdf193')
 
-    def check_mips_malta(self, endianess, kernel_path, uname_m):
+    def check_mips_malta(self, uname_m, endianess):
+        wordsize = 64 if '64' in uname_m else 32
+        kernel_url, kernel_hash = self.get_kernel_info(endianess, wordsize)
+        kernel_path = self.fetch_asset(kernel_url, asset_hash=kernel_hash)
         self.boot_debian_wheezy_image_and_ssh_login(endianess, kernel_path)
 
         stdout, _ = self.ssh_command('uname -a')
@@ -200,12 +231,7 @@ class LinuxSSH(Test):
         :avocado: tags=endian:big
         :avocado: tags=device:pcnet32
         """
-        kernel_url = ('https://people.debian.org/~aurel32/qemu/mips/'
-                      'vmlinux-3.2.0-4-4kc-malta')
-        kernel_hash = '592e384a4edc16dade52a6cd5c785c637bcbc9ad'
-        kernel_path = self.fetch_asset(kernel_url, asset_hash=kernel_hash)
-
-        self.check_mips_malta('be', kernel_path, 'mips')
+        self.check_mips_malta('mips', 'be')
 
     def test_mips_malta32el_kernel3_2_0(self):
         """
@@ -214,12 +240,7 @@ class LinuxSSH(Test):
         :avocado: tags=endian:little
         :avocado: tags=device:pcnet32
         """
-        kernel_url = ('https://people.debian.org/~aurel32/qemu/mipsel/'
-                      'vmlinux-3.2.0-4-4kc-malta')
-        kernel_hash = 'a66bea5a8adaa2cb3d36a1d4e0ccdb01be8f6c2a'
-        kernel_path = self.fetch_asset(kernel_url, asset_hash=kernel_hash)
-
-        self.check_mips_malta('le', kernel_path, 'mips')
+        self.check_mips_malta('mips', 'le')
 
     def test_mips_malta64eb_kernel3_2_0(self):
         """
@@ -228,11 +249,7 @@ class LinuxSSH(Test):
         :avocado: tags=endian:big
         :avocado: tags=device:pcnet32
         """
-        kernel_url = ('https://people.debian.org/~aurel32/qemu/mips/'
-                      'vmlinux-3.2.0-4-5kc-malta')
-        kernel_hash = 'db6eea7de35d36c77d8c165b6bcb222e16eb91db'
-        kernel_path = self.fetch_asset(kernel_url, asset_hash=kernel_hash)
-        self.check_mips_malta('be', kernel_path, 'mips64')
+        self.check_mips_malta('mips64', 'be')
 
     def test_mips_malta64el_kernel3_2_0(self):
         """
@@ -241,8 +258,4 @@ class LinuxSSH(Test):
         :avocado: tags=endian:little
         :avocado: tags=device:pcnet32
         """
-        kernel_url = ('https://people.debian.org/~aurel32/qemu/mipsel/'
-                      'vmlinux-3.2.0-4-5kc-malta')
-        kernel_hash = '6a7f77245acf231415a0e8b725d91ed2f3487794'
-        kernel_path = self.fetch_asset(kernel_url, asset_hash=kernel_hash)
-        self.check_mips_malta('le', kernel_path, 'mips64')
+        self.check_mips_malta('mips64', 'le')