diff --git a/test/integration-test/src/tests/load.rs b/test/integration-test/src/tests/load.rs
index 795f396d..5e193dbf 100644
--- a/test/integration-test/src/tests/load.rs
+++ b/test/integration-test/src/tests/load.rs
@@ -154,22 +154,36 @@ fn unload_xdp() {
 fn test_loaded_at() {
     let mut bpf = Bpf::load(crate::TEST).unwrap();
     let prog: &mut Xdp = bpf.program_mut("pass").unwrap().try_into().unwrap();
-    let t1 = SystemTime::now();
-    prog.load().unwrap();
-    let t2 = SystemTime::now();
-    assert_loaded("pass");
-
-    let loaded_at = prog.info().unwrap().loaded_at();
 
-    let range = t1..t2;
+    // SystemTime is not monotonic, which can cause this test to flake. We don't expect the clock
+    // timestamp to continuously jump around, so we add some retries. If the test is ever correct,
+    // we know that the value returned by loaded_at() was reasonable relative to SystemTime::now().
+    let mut failures = Vec::new();
+    for _ in 0..5 {
+        let t1 = SystemTime::now();
+        prog.load().unwrap();
+        let t2 = SystemTime::now();
+        let loaded_at = prog.info().unwrap().loaded_at();
+        prog.unload().unwrap();
+        let range = t1..t2;
+        if range.contains(&loaded_at) {
+            failures.clear();
+            break;
+        }
+        failures.push(LoadedAtRange(loaded_at, range));
+    }
     assert!(
-        range.contains(&loaded_at),
-        "{range:?}.contains({loaded_at:?})"
+        failures.is_empty(),
+        "loaded_at was not in range: {failures:?}",
     );
 
-    prog.unload().unwrap();
-
-    assert_unloaded("pass");
+    struct LoadedAtRange(SystemTime, std::ops::Range<SystemTime>);
+    impl std::fmt::Debug for LoadedAtRange {
+        fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+            let Self(loaded_at, range) = self;
+            write!(f, "{range:?}.contains({loaded_at:?})")
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/test/integration-test/src/tests/xdp.rs b/test/integration-test/src/tests/xdp.rs
index 88423fe9..092f280e 100644
--- a/test/integration-test/src/tests/xdp.rs
+++ b/test/integration-test/src/tests/xdp.rs
@@ -82,17 +82,20 @@ fn cpumap_chain() {
     xdp.load().unwrap();
     xdp.attach("lo", XdpFlags::default()).unwrap();
 
-    let sock = UdpSocket::bind("127.0.0.1:1777").unwrap();
-    sock.set_read_timeout(Some(Duration::from_millis(1)))
+    const PAYLOAD: &str = "hello cpumap";
+
+    let sock = UdpSocket::bind("127.0.0.1:0").unwrap();
+    let addr = sock.local_addr().unwrap();
+    sock.set_read_timeout(Some(Duration::from_secs(60)))
         .unwrap();
-    sock.send_to(b"hello cpumap", "127.0.0.1:1777").unwrap();
+    sock.send_to(PAYLOAD.as_bytes(), addr).unwrap();
 
-    // Read back the packet to ensure it wenth through the entire network stack, including our two
+    // Read back the packet to ensure it went through the entire network stack, including our two
     // probes.
-    let mut buf = vec![0u8; 1000];
+    let mut buf = [0u8; PAYLOAD.len() + 1];
     let n = sock.recv(&mut buf).unwrap();
 
-    assert_eq!(&buf[..n], b"hello cpumap");
+    assert_eq!(&buf[..n], PAYLOAD.as_bytes());
     assert_eq!(hits.get(&0, 0).unwrap(), 1);
     assert_eq!(hits.get(&1, 0).unwrap(), 1);
 }
diff --git a/xtask/src/run.rs b/xtask/src/run.rs
index a9ba17f4..64114620 100644
--- a/xtask/src/run.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/run.rs
@@ -456,20 +456,30 @@ pub fn run(opts: Options) -> Result<()> {
                 let stderr = stderr.take().unwrap();
                 let stderr = BufReader::new(stderr);
 
-                fn terminate_if_contains_kernel_panic(
-                    line: &str,
-                    stdin: &Arc<Mutex<ChildStdin>>,
-                ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-                    if line.contains("end Kernel panic") {
-                        println!("kernel panic detected; terminating QEMU");
-                        let mut stdin = stdin.lock().unwrap();
-                        stdin
-                            .write_all(&[0x01, b'x'])
-                            .context("failed to write to stdin")?;
-                        println!("waiting for QEMU to terminate");
-                    }
-                    Ok(())
-                }
+                const TERMINATE_AFTER_COUNT: &[(&str, usize)] =
+                    &[("end Kernel panic", 0), ("watchdog: BUG: soft lockup", 1)];
+                let mut counts = [0; TERMINATE_AFTER_COUNT.len()];
+
+                let mut terminate_if_kernel_hang =
+                    move |line: &str, stdin: &Arc<Mutex<ChildStdin>>| -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+                        if let Some(i) = TERMINATE_AFTER_COUNT
+                            .iter()
+                            .position(|(marker, _)| line.contains(marker))
+                        {
+                            counts[i] += 1;
+
+                            let (marker, max) = TERMINATE_AFTER_COUNT[i];
+                            if counts[i] > max {
+                                println!("{marker} detected > {max} times; terminating QEMU");
+                                let mut stdin = stdin.lock().unwrap();
+                                stdin
+                                    .write_all(&[0x01, b'x'])
+                                    .context("failed to write to stdin")?;
+                                println!("waiting for QEMU to terminate");
+                            }
+                        }
+                        Ok(())
+                    };
 
                 let stderr = {
                     let stdin = stdin.clone();
@@ -478,8 +488,7 @@ pub fn run(opts: Options) -> Result<()> {
                             for line in stderr.lines() {
                                 let line = line.context("failed to read line from stderr")?;
                                 eprintln!("{}", line);
-                                // Try to get QEMU to exit on kernel panic; otherwise it might hang indefinitely.
-                                terminate_if_contains_kernel_panic(&line, &stdin)?;
+                                terminate_if_kernel_hang(&line, &stdin)?;
                             }
                             anyhow::Ok(())
                         })
@@ -490,8 +499,7 @@ pub fn run(opts: Options) -> Result<()> {
                 for line in stdout.lines() {
                     let line = line.context("failed to read line from stdout")?;
                     println!("{}", line);
-                    // Try to get QEMU to exit on kernel panic; otherwise it might hang indefinitely.
-                    terminate_if_contains_kernel_panic(&line, &stdin)?;
+                    terminate_if_kernel_hang(&line, &stdin)?;
                     // The init program will print "init: success" or "init: failure" to indicate
                     // the outcome of running the binaries it found in /bin.
                     if let Some(line) = line.strip_prefix("init: ") {