diff --git a/tests/common/devices/sonic.py b/tests/common/devices/sonic.py
index 0d3df4d2ee8..2b16cb9c6b8 100644
--- a/tests/common/devices/sonic.py
+++ b/tests/common/devices/sonic.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 from tests.common import constants
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
 PROCESS_TO_CONTAINER_MAP = {
     "orchagent": "swss",
     "syncd": "syncd"
@@ -2405,6 +2404,17 @@ def is_backend_portchannel(self, port_channel, mg_facts):
     def is_backend_port(self, port, mg_facts):
         return True if "Ethernet-BP" in port else False
 
+    def get_backplane_ports(self):
+        # get current interface data from config_db.json
+        config_facts = self.config_facts(host=self.hostname, source='running', verbose=False)['ansible_facts']
+        config_db_ports = config_facts["PORT"]
+        # Build set of Ethernet ports with 18.x.202.0/31 IPs to exclude
+        excluded_ports = set()
+        for port, val in config_db_ports.items():
+            if "role" in val:
+                excluded_ports.add(port)
+        return excluded_ports
+
     def active_ip_interfaces(self, ip_ifs, tbinfo, ns_arg=DEFAULT_NAMESPACE, intf_num="all", ip_type="ipv4"):
         """
         Return a dict of active IP (Ethernet or PortChannel) interfaces, with
@@ -2415,10 +2425,10 @@ def active_ip_interfaces(self, ip_ifs, tbinfo, ns_arg=DEFAULT_NAMESPACE, intf_nu
         """
         active_ip_intf_cnt = 0
         mg_facts = self.get_extended_minigraph_facts(tbinfo, ns_arg)
-        config_facts_ports = self.config_facts(host=self.hostname, source="running")["ansible_facts"].get("PORT", {})
+        excluded_ports = self.get_backplane_ports()
         ip_ifaces = {}
         for k, v in list(ip_ifs.items()):
-            if ((k.startswith("Ethernet") and config_facts_ports.get(k, {}).get("role", "") != "Dpc" and
+            if ((k.startswith("Ethernet") and (k not in excluded_ports) and
                  (not k.startswith("Ethernet-BP")) and not is_inband_port(k)) or
                (k.startswith("PortChannel") and not self.is_backend_portchannel(k, mg_facts))):
                 if ip_type == "ipv4":
diff --git a/tests/qos/qos_sai_base.py b/tests/qos/qos_sai_base.py
index 6d94dd826c2..eeae6e46c23 100644
--- a/tests/qos/qos_sai_base.py
+++ b/tests/qos/qos_sai_base.py
@@ -1002,16 +1002,23 @@ def dutConfig(
         dst_dut = get_src_dst_asic_and_duts['dst_dut']
         src_mgFacts = src_dut.get_extended_minigraph_facts(tbinfo)
         topo = tbinfo["topo"]["name"]
-        src_mgFacts['minigraph_ptf_indices'] = {
+
+        # Build a set of Ethernet ports to exclude (with 18.x.202.0/31 IPs)
+        excluded_ports = set()
+        excluded_ports.update(duthosts[0].get_backplane_ports())
+        # Filter minigraph_ptf_indices to exclude dynamic ports
+        src_mgFacts["minigraph_ptf_indices"] = {
             key: value
-            for key, value in src_mgFacts['minigraph_ptf_indices'].items()
-            if not key.startswith("Ethernet-BP")
-            }
-        src_mgFacts['minigraph_ports'] = {
+            for key, value in src_mgFacts["minigraph_ptf_indices"].items()
+            if key not in excluded_ports
+        }
+
+        # Filter minigraph_ports to exclude dynamic ports
+        src_mgFacts["minigraph_ports"] = {
             key: value
-            for key, value in src_mgFacts['minigraph_ports'].items()
-            if not key.startswith("Ethernet-BP")
-            }
+            for key, value in src_mgFacts["minigraph_ports"].items()
+            if key not in excluded_ports
+        }
         bgp_peer_ip_key = "peer_ipv6" if ip_type == "ipv6" else "peer_ipv4"
         ip_version = 6 if ip_type == "ipv6" else 4
         vlan_info = {}