diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/constants.py b/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/constants.py
index 6357e9aad1b..5d58aee1bd9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/constants.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/constants.py
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@ FORCE_UART = bool(getenv("LAVA_FORCE_UART", False))
 
 # How many times the r8152 error may happen to consider it a known issue.
 KNOWN_ISSUE_R8152_MAX_CONSECUTIVE_COUNTER: int = 10
+
+# This is considered noise, since LAVA produces this log after receiving a package of feedback
+# messages.
+LOG_DEBUG_FEEDBACK_NOISE = "Listened to connection for namespace 'dut' done"
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/lava_log_hints.py b/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/lava_log_hints.py
index 87e19507a2f..18ffa916029 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/lava_log_hints.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/lava_log_hints.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 
 from lava.exceptions import MesaCIKnownIssueException
 from lava.utils.console_format import CONSOLE_LOG
-from lava.utils.constants import KNOWN_ISSUE_R8152_MAX_CONSECUTIVE_COUNTER
+from lava.utils.constants import KNOWN_ISSUE_R8152_MAX_CONSECUTIVE_COUNTER, LOG_DEBUG_FEEDBACK_NOISE
 from lava.utils.log_section import LogSectionType
 
 
@@ -20,12 +20,15 @@ class LAVALogHints:
 
     def detect_failure(self, new_lines: list[dict[str, Any]]):
         for line in new_lines:
+            if line["msg"] == LOG_DEBUG_FEEDBACK_NOISE:
+                continue
             self.detect_r8152_issue(line)
 
     def detect_r8152_issue(self, line):
-        if (
-            self.log_follower.phase == LogSectionType.TEST_CASE and line["lvl"] == "target"
-        ):
+        if self.log_follower.phase in (
+            LogSectionType.LAVA_BOOT,
+            LogSectionType.TEST_CASE,
+        ) and line["lvl"] in ("feedback", "target"):
             if re.search(r"r8152 \S+ eth0: Tx status -71", line["msg"]):
                 self.r8152_issue_consecutive_counter += 1
                 return
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/tests/utils/test_lava_log.py b/.gitlab-ci/tests/utils/test_lava_log.py
index 5abcd24c56d..7bf5510a610 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/tests/utils/test_lava_log.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/tests/utils/test_lava_log.py
@@ -18,7 +18,13 @@ from lava.utils import (
 )
 from lava.utils.constants import KNOWN_ISSUE_R8152_MAX_CONSECUTIVE_COUNTER
 
-from ..lava.helpers import create_lava_yaml_msg, does_not_raise, lava_yaml, yaml_dump
+from ..lava.helpers import (
+    create_lava_yaml_msg,
+    does_not_raise,
+    lava_yaml,
+    mock_lava_signal,
+    yaml_dump,
+)
 
 GITLAB_SECTION_SCENARIOS = {
     "start collapsed": (
@@ -312,47 +318,56 @@ def test_gitlab_section_id(case_name, expected_id):
     assert gl.id == expected_id
 
 
-A618_NETWORK_ISSUE_LOGS = [
-    *(KNOWN_ISSUE_R8152_MAX_CONSECUTIVE_COUNTER*[create_lava_yaml_msg(
-        msg="[ 1733.599402] r8152 2-1.3:1.0 eth0: Tx status -71", lvl="target"
-    )]),
-    create_lava_yaml_msg(
-        msg="[ 1733.604506] nfs: server 192.168.201.1 not responding, still trying",
-        lvl="target",
-    ),
-]
-TEST_PHASE_LAVA_SIGNAL = create_lava_yaml_msg(
-    msg="Received signal: <STARTTC> mesa-ci_a618_vk", lvl="debug"
-)
+def a618_network_issue_logs(level: str = "target") -> list:
+    net_error = create_lava_yaml_msg(
+            msg="[ 1733.599402] r8152 2-1.3:1.0 eth0: Tx status -71", lvl=level)
+
+    nfs_error = create_lava_yaml_msg(
+            msg="[ 1733.604506] nfs: server 192.168.201.1 not responding, still trying",
+            lvl=level,
+        )
+
+    return [
+        *(KNOWN_ISSUE_R8152_MAX_CONSECUTIVE_COUNTER*[net_error]),
+        nfs_error
+    ]
+
+
+TEST_PHASE_LAVA_SIGNAL = mock_lava_signal(LogSectionType.TEST_CASE)
+A618_NET_ISSUE_BOOT = a618_network_issue_logs(level="feedback")
+A618_NET_ISSUE_TEST = [TEST_PHASE_LAVA_SIGNAL, *a618_network_issue_logs(level="target")]
 
 
 A618_NETWORK_ISSUE_SCENARIOS = {
-    "Pass - R8152 kmsg during boot": (A618_NETWORK_ISSUE_LOGS, does_not_raise()),
+    "Fail - R8152 kmsg during boot phase": (
+        A618_NET_ISSUE_BOOT,
+        pytest.raises(MesaCIKnownIssueException),
+    ),
     "Fail - R8152 kmsg during test phase": (
-        [TEST_PHASE_LAVA_SIGNAL, *A618_NETWORK_ISSUE_LOGS],
+        A618_NET_ISSUE_TEST,
         pytest.raises(MesaCIKnownIssueException),
     ),
     "Pass - Partial (1) R8152 kmsg during test phase": (
-        [TEST_PHASE_LAVA_SIGNAL, A618_NETWORK_ISSUE_LOGS[0]],
+        A618_NET_ISSUE_TEST[:1],
         does_not_raise(),
     ),
     "Pass - Partial (2) R8152 kmsg during test phase": (
-        [TEST_PHASE_LAVA_SIGNAL, A618_NETWORK_ISSUE_LOGS[1]],
+        A618_NET_ISSUE_TEST[:2],
         does_not_raise(),
     ),
-    "Pass - Partial subsequent (3) R8152 kmsg during test phase": (
+    "Pass - Partial (3) subsequent R8152 kmsg during test phase": (
         [
             TEST_PHASE_LAVA_SIGNAL,
-            A618_NETWORK_ISSUE_LOGS[0],
-            A618_NETWORK_ISSUE_LOGS[0],
+            A618_NET_ISSUE_TEST[1],
+            A618_NET_ISSUE_TEST[1],
         ],
         does_not_raise(),
     ),
-    "Pass - Partial subsequent (4) R8152 kmsg during test phase": (
+    "Pass - Partial (4) subsequent nfs kmsg during test phase": (
         [
             TEST_PHASE_LAVA_SIGNAL,
-            A618_NETWORK_ISSUE_LOGS[1],
-            A618_NETWORK_ISSUE_LOGS[1],
+            A618_NET_ISSUE_TEST[-1],
+            A618_NET_ISSUE_TEST[-1],
         ],
         does_not_raise(),
     ),
@@ -365,6 +380,13 @@ A618_NETWORK_ISSUE_SCENARIOS = {
     ids=A618_NETWORK_ISSUE_SCENARIOS.keys(),
 )
 def test_detect_failure(messages, expectation):
-    lf = LogFollower()
+    boot_section = GitlabSection(
+        id="lava_boot",
+        header="LAVA boot",
+        type=LogSectionType.LAVA_BOOT,
+        start_collapsed=True,
+    )
+    boot_section.start()
+    lf = LogFollower(starting_section=boot_section)
     with expectation:
         lf.feed(messages)