diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/testimage.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/testimage.bbclass
index 33b1c13f9d..744de5d7de 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/testimage.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/testimage.bbclass
@@ -395,7 +395,10 @@ def testimage_main(d):
     # Copy additional logs to tmp/log/oeqa so it's easier to find them
     targetdir = os.path.join(get_json_result_dir(d), d.getVar("PN"))
     os.makedirs(targetdir, exist_ok=True)
-    os.symlink(bootlog, os.path.join(targetdir, os.path.basename(bootlog)))
+    if os.path.exists(bootlog):
+        os.symlink(bootlog, os.path.join(targetdir, os.path.basename(bootlog)))
+    else:
+        bb.note("testimage: boot log not found at %s" % bootlog)
     os.symlink(d.getVar("BB_LOGFILE"), os.path.join(targetdir, os.path.basename(d.getVar("BB_LOGFILE") + "." + d.getVar('DATETIME'))))
 
     if not results or not complete: