diff --git a/pkg/internal/checkup/checkup.go b/pkg/internal/checkup/checkup.go
index d3c63d5f..dc529063 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/checkup/checkup.go
+++ b/pkg/internal/checkup/checkup.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -189,11 +190,6 @@ func newRealtimeVMI(checkupConfig config.Config) *kvcorev1.VirtualMachineInstanc
 		guestMemory       = "4Gi"
 		rootDiskName      = "rootdisk"
 		cloudInitDiskName = "cloudinitdisk"
-		userData          = `#cloud-config
-password: redhat
-chpasswd:
-  expire: false
-user: user`
 	)
 
 	return vmi.New(randomizeName(VMINamePrefix),
@@ -210,7 +206,7 @@ user: user`
 		vmi.WithNodeSelector(checkupConfig.VMUnderTestTargetNodeName),
 		vmi.WithContainerDisk(rootDiskName, checkupConfig.VMUnderTestContainerDiskImage),
 		vmi.WithVirtIODisk(rootDiskName),
-		vmi.WithCloudInitNoCloudVolume(cloudInitDiskName, userData),
+		vmi.WithCloudInitNoCloudVolume(cloudInitDiskName, CloudInit(config.VMIUsername, config.VMIPassword)),
 		vmi.WithVirtIODisk(cloudInitDiskName),
 	)
 }
@@ -224,3 +220,14 @@ func randomizeName(prefix string) string {
 func ObjectFullName(namespace, name string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", namespace, name)
 }
+
+func CloudInit(username, password string) string {
+	sb := strings.Builder{}
+	sb.WriteString("#cloud-config\n")
+	sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("user: %s\n", username))
+	sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("password: %s\n", password))
+	sb.WriteString("chpasswd:\n")
+	sb.WriteString("  expire: false")
+
+	return sb.String()
+}
diff --git a/pkg/internal/checkup/checkup_test.go b/pkg/internal/checkup/checkup_test.go
index 5f6e4e38..d1d6985e 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/checkup/checkup_test.go
+++ b/pkg/internal/checkup/checkup_test.go
@@ -215,6 +215,17 @@ func TestRunFailure(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, expectedResults, actualResults)
 }
 
+func TestCloudInitString(t *testing.T) {
+	actualString := checkup.CloudInit("user", "password")
+	expectedString := `#cloud-config
+user: user
+password: password
+chpasswd:
+  expire: false`
+
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedString, actualString)
+}
+
 type executorStub struct {
 	executeErr error
 }