diff --git a/test-case/check-capture.sh b/test-case/check-capture.sh
index 2370cb3c8..7bb774784 100755
--- a/test-case/check-capture.sh
+++ b/test-case/check-capture.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ file_prefix=${OPT_VALUE_lst['f']}
 
 func_lib_setup_kernel_last_line
 func_lib_check_sudo
-func_pipeline_export $tplg "type:capture & ${OPT_VALUE_lst['S']}"
+func_pipeline_export $tplg "type:any & ${OPT_VALUE_lst['S']}"
 
 for round in $(seq 1 $round_cnt)
 do
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ do
         type=$(func_pipeline_parse_value $idx type)
         snd=$(func_pipeline_parse_value $idx snd)
 
+        [ "$type" = "capture" ] || continue
+
         if [ ${OPT_VALUE_lst['F']} = '1' ]; then
             fmt=$(func_pipeline_parse_value $idx fmts)
         fi
diff --git a/test-case/check-pause-resume.sh b/test-case/check-pause-resume.sh
index 4daca33a4..68396ee30 100755
--- a/test-case/check-pause-resume.sh
+++ b/test-case/check-pause-resume.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ esac
 
 [[ -z $file_name ]] && file_name=$dummy_file
 
-func_pipeline_export $tplg "type:$test_mode & ${OPT_VALUE_lst['S']}"
+func_pipeline_export $tplg "type:any & ${OPT_VALUE_lst['S']}"
 func_lib_setup_kernel_last_line
 for idx in $(seq 0 $(expr $PIPELINE_COUNT - 1))
 do
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ do
     dev=$(func_pipeline_parse_value $idx dev)
     snd=$(func_pipeline_parse_value $idx snd)
 
+    type=$(func_pipeline_parse_value $idx type)
+    [ "$type" = "$test_mode" ] || continue
+
     dlogi "Entering expect script with: $cmd -D $dev -r $rate -c $channel -f $fmt -vv -i $file_name -q"
 
     # expect is tcl language script
diff --git a/test-case/check-playback.sh b/test-case/check-playback.sh
index c05df2e83..623997aa8 100755
--- a/test-case/check-playback.sh
+++ b/test-case/check-playback.sh
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ fi
 
 func_lib_setup_kernel_last_line
 func_lib_check_sudo
-func_pipeline_export $tplg "type:playback & ${OPT_VALUE_lst['S']}"
+func_pipeline_export $tplg "type:any & ${OPT_VALUE_lst['S']}"
 
 for round in $(seq 1 $round_cnt)
 do
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ do
         type=$(func_pipeline_parse_value "$idx" type)
         snd=$(func_pipeline_parse_value "$idx" snd)
 
+        [ "$type" = "playback" ] || continue
+
         if [ ${OPT_VALUE_lst['F']} = '1' ]; then
             fmts=$(func_pipeline_parse_value "$idx" fmts)
         fi
diff --git a/test-case/test-speaker.sh b/test-case/test-speaker.sh
index 922a6149d..61416f77f 100755
--- a/test-case/test-speaker.sh
+++ b/test-case/test-speaker.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func_opt_parse_option "$@"
 tplg=${OPT_VALUE_lst['t']}
 [[ ${OPT_VALUE_lst['s']} -eq 1 ]] && func_lib_start_log_collect
 
-func_pipeline_export $tplg "type:playback"
+func_pipeline_export $tplg "type:any"
 tcnt=${OPT_VALUE_lst['l']}
 func_lib_setup_kernel_last_line
 for idx in $(seq 0 $(expr $PIPELINE_COUNT - 1))
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ do
     dev=$(func_pipeline_parse_value $idx dev)
     snd=$(func_pipeline_parse_value $idx snd)
 
+    type=$(func_pipeline_parse_value $idx type)
+    [ "$type" = "playback" ] || continue
+
     dlogc "speaker-test -D $dev -r $rate -c $channel -f $fmt -l $tcnt -t wav -P 8"
     speaker-test -D $dev -r $rate -c $channel -f $fmt -l $tcnt -t wav -P 8 2>&1 |tee $LOG_ROOT/result_$idx.txt
     resultRet=$?