diff --git a/tests/test_vlan.py b/tests/test_vlan.py
index 4a0202dd62..4b8bb59776 100644
--- a/tests/test_vlan.py
+++ b/tests/test_vlan.py
@@ -424,6 +424,10 @@ def test_AddVlanWithIncorrectValueType(self, dvs, testlog, test_input, expected)
             #remove vlan
             dvs.remove_vlan(vlan)
 
+    # FIXME: This test is extremely unstable and requires several retries
+    # for it to pass - we need to stabilize this test before putting it back
+    # into the pipeline.
+    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="test case is unstable")
     def test_AddPortChannelToVlan(self, dvs, testlog):
         self.setup_db(dvs)
         marker = dvs.add_log_marker()
@@ -644,6 +648,10 @@ def test_AddMaxVlan(self, dvs, testlog):
         vlan_entries = [k for k in tbl.getKeys() if k != dvs.asicdb.default_vlan_id]
         assert len(vlan_entries) == 0
 
+    # FIXME: This test is extremely unstable and requires several retries
+    # for it to pass - we need to stabilize this test before putting it back
+    # into the pipeline.
+    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="test case is unstable")
     def test_RemoveVlanWithRouterInterface(self, dvs, testlog):
         dvs.setup_db()
         marker = dvs.add_log_marker()
diff --git a/tests/test_warm_reboot.py b/tests/test_warm_reboot.py
index fc8ca3debd..4e4e65796a 100644
--- a/tests/test_warm_reboot.py
+++ b/tests/test_warm_reboot.py
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ def ping_new_ips(dvs):
             dvs.runcmd(['sh', '-c', "ping -c 1 -W 0 -q {}.0.0.{} > /dev/null 2>&1".format(i*4,j+NUM_NEIGH_PER_INTF+2)])
             dvs.runcmd(['sh', '-c', "ping6 -c 1 -W 0 -q {}00::{} > /dev/null 2>&1".format(i*4,j+NUM_NEIGH_PER_INTF+2)])
 
+
 class TestWarmReboot(object):
     def test_PortSyncdWarmRestart(self, dvs, testlog):
 
@@ -1794,6 +1795,10 @@ def test_routing_WarmRestart(self, dvs, testlog):
         intf_tbl._del("{}".format(intfs[2]))
         time.sleep(2)
 
+    # FIXME: This test is extremely unstable and requires several retries
+    # for it to pass - we need to stabilize this test before putting it back
+    # into the pipeline.
+    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="test case is unstable")
     def test_system_warmreboot_neighbor_syncup(self, dvs, testlog):
 
         appl_db = swsscommon.DBConnector(swsscommon.APPL_DB, dvs.redis_sock, 0)