diff --git a/tests/crypto_test.py b/tests/crypto_test.py
index a07de24e..a69e9fe6 100644
--- a/tests/crypto_test.py
+++ b/tests/crypto_test.py
@@ -103,6 +103,15 @@ def _luks_format(self, device, passphrase, keyfile=None, luks_version=BlockDev.C
     def _luks2_format(self, device, passphrase, keyfile=None):
         return self._luks_format(device, passphrase, keyfile, BlockDev.CryptoLUKSVersion.LUKS2)
 
+    def _is_fips_enabled(self):
+        if not os.path.exists("/proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled"):
+            # if the file doesn't exist, we are definitely not in FIPS mode
+            return False
+
+        with open("/proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled", "r") as f:
+            enabled = f.read()
+        return enabled.strip() == "1"
+
 class CryptoNoDevTestCase(CryptoTestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         # we don't need block devices for this test
@@ -214,15 +223,6 @@ def test_luks2_format(self):
             self.fail("Failed to get pbkdf information from:\n%s %s" % (out, err))
         self.assertEqual(m.group(1), "pbkdf2")
 
-    def _is_fips_enabled(self):
-        if not os.path.exists("/proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled"):
-            # if the file doesn't exist, we are definitely not in FIPS mode
-            return False
-
-        with open("/proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled", "r") as f:
-            enabled = f.read()
-        return enabled.strip() == "1"
-
     @tag_test(TestTags.SLOW, TestTags.CORE)
     def test_luks2_format_pbkdf_options(self):
         """Verify that formatting device as LUKS 2 works"""
@@ -704,8 +704,7 @@ class CryptoTestEscrow(CryptoTestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         # I am not able to generate a self-signed certificate that would work in FIPS
         # so let's just skip this for now
-        fips = read_file("/proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled")
-        if int(fips) == 1:
+        if self._is_fips_enabled():
             self.skipTest("Skipping escrow tests in FIPS mode")
 
         super(CryptoTestEscrow, self).setUp()
diff --git a/tests/skip.yml b/tests/skip.yml
index f09e9b47..627e10f7 100644
--- a/tests/skip.yml
+++ b/tests/skip.yml
@@ -80,5 +80,5 @@
 - test: mdraid_test.MDTestNominateDenominate.test_nominate_denominate
   skip_on:
     - distro: "centos"
-      version: "10"
+      version: ["9", "10"]
       reason: "Race condition in denominate with latest mdadm v4.4"