diff --git a/tests/artemis-test-support/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/util/ActiveMQTestBase.java b/tests/artemis-test-support/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/util/ActiveMQTestBase.java
index d34285cbfe..33786dcce6 100644
--- a/tests/artemis-test-support/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/util/ActiveMQTestBase.java
+++ b/tests/artemis-test-support/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/util/ActiveMQTestBase.java
@@ -229,12 +229,17 @@ public abstract class ActiveMQTestBase extends ArtemisTestCase {
    public ActiveMQTestBase() {
 
    }
+
    protected static String randomProtocol() {
-      String[] protocols = {"AMQP", "OPENWIRE", "CORE"};
-      String protocol = protocols[org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.util.RandomUtil.randomPositiveInt() % 3];
+      return randomProtocol("AMQP", "OPENWIRE", "CORE");
+   }
+
+   protected static String randomProtocol(String...protocols) {
+      String protocol = protocols[org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.util.RandomUtil.randomPositiveInt() % protocols.length];
       logger.info("Selecting {} protocol", protocol);
       return protocol;
    }
+
    protected <T> T serialClone(Object object) throws Exception {
       logger.debug("object::{}", object);
       ByteArrayOutputStream bout = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
diff --git a/tests/soak-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/soak/paging/M_and_M_FactoryTest.java b/tests/soak-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/soak/paging/M_and_M_FactoryTest.java
index dfeb395ee3..4610fc1a5c 100644
--- a/tests/soak-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/soak/paging/M_and_M_FactoryTest.java
+++ b/tests/soak-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/soak/paging/M_and_M_FactoryTest.java
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public class M_and_M_FactoryTest extends SoakTestBase {
 
    @Test
    public void testM_and_M_RandomProtocol() throws Exception {
-      test_M_and_M_Sorting(randomProtocol(), 2000, 2, 2, 500);
+      test_M_and_M_Sorting(randomProtocol("AMQP", "CORE"), 2000, 2, 2, 500);
    }
 
    public void test_M_and_M_Sorting(String protocol, int batchSize, int restarts, int clientRuns, int killClientEveryX) throws Exception {