diff --git a/ansible/roles/test/files/ptftests/advanced-reboot.py b/ansible/roles/test/files/ptftests/advanced-reboot.py
index b8be0e89642..f6828d12968 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/test/files/ptftests/advanced-reboot.py
+++ b/ansible/roles/test/files/ptftests/advanced-reboot.py
@@ -510,6 +510,8 @@ def runTest(self):
         no_routing_start = None
         no_routing_stop = None
         no_cp_replies = None
+        upper_replies = []
+        routing_always = False
 
         arista_vms = self.test_params['arista_vms'][1:-1].split(",")
         ssh_targets = []
@@ -590,7 +592,8 @@ def runTest(self):
                     self.log("Data plane was stopped, Waiting until it's up. Stop time: %s" % str(no_routing_start))
                 except TimeoutError:
                     self.log("Data plane never stop")
-                    no_routing_start = datetime.datetime.min
+                    routing_always = True
+                    upper_replies = [self.nr_vl_pkts]
 
                 if no_routing_start is not None:
                     self.timeout(self.task_timeout, "DUT hasn't started to work for %d seconds" % self.task_timeout)
@@ -598,6 +601,7 @@ def runTest(self):
                     self.cancel_timeout()
                 else:
                     no_routing_stop = datetime.datetime.min
+                    no_routing_start = datetime.datetime.min
 
                 # Stop watching DUT
                 self.watching = False
@@ -690,7 +694,8 @@ def runTest(self):
 
             if no_routing_stop:
                 self.log("Downtime was %s" % str(no_routing_stop - no_routing_start))
-                self.log("Reboot time was %s" % str(no_routing_stop - self.reboot_start))
+                reboot_time = "0:00:00" if routing_always else str(no_routing_stop - self.reboot_start)
+                self.log("Reboot time was %s" % reboot_time)
                 self.log("Expected downtime is less then %s" % self.limit)
 
             if self.reboot_type == 'fast-reboot' and no_cp_replies: