diff --git a/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index b9057f9e54..7583c753c1 100644
--- a/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -83,7 +83,16 @@ gtest_add_tests(
     TEST_LIST counter-tests_TESTS
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 
-set_tests_properties(${counter-tests_TESTS} PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 45 LABELS "unittests")
+set_tests_properties(
+    ${counter-tests_TESTS}
+    PROPERTIES
+        TIMEOUT
+        45
+        LABELS
+        "unittests"
+        SKIP_REGULAR_EXPRESSION
+        "Running non-intercept test(.*)could not be locked for profiling due to lack of permissions.*"
+    )
 
 set(ROCPROFILER_LIB_CONSUMER_TEST_SOURCES consumer_test.cpp)
 
diff --git a/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/tests/device_counting.cpp b/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/tests/device_counting.cpp
index 332e8adbc1..65dde525e1 100644
--- a/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/tests/device_counting.cpp
+++ b/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/tests/device_counting.cpp
@@ -705,6 +705,7 @@ TEST_F(device_counting_service_test, sync_sq_waves_verify_non_intercept)
         GTEST_SKIP();
     }
 
+    ROCP_WARNING << "Running non-intercept test";
     test_run(ROCPROFILER_COUNTER_FLAG_NONE, {"SQ_WAVES_sum"}, 50000, true);
     auto local_recs = global_recs().rlock([](const auto& data) { return data; });
     ROCP_WARNING << local_recs.size();