diff --git a/src/components/create-vm-dialog/createVmDialog.jsx b/src/components/create-vm-dialog/createVmDialog.jsx
index 450b719b0..5daf26201 100644
--- a/src/components/create-vm-dialog/createVmDialog.jsx
+++ b/src/components/create-vm-dialog/createVmDialog.jsx
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ const parseKey = debounce(500, (key, setKeyObject, setKeyInvalid) => {
             .then(() => {
                 setKeyInvalid(false);
                 const parts = key.split(" ");
-                if (parts.length > 2) {
+                if (parts.length >= 2) {
                     setKeyObject({
                         type: parts[0],
                         data: parts[1],
diff --git a/test/check-machines-create b/test/check-machines-create
index 8d44b8560..b7f7c64ff 100755
--- a/test/check-machines-create
+++ b/test/check-machines-create
@@ -291,11 +291,11 @@ class TestMachinesCreate(VirtualMachinesCase):
         self.machine.execute("ssh-keygen -t rsa -N '' -f /tmp/rsakey")
         rsakey = self.machine.execute("cat /tmp/rsakey.pub").strip()
         self.addCleanup(self.machine.execute, "rm -f /tmp/rsakey*")
-        self.machine.execute("ssh-keygen -t dsa -N '' -C '' -f /tmp/dsakey")  # public key with empty comment
+        self.machine.execute("ssh-keygen -t dsa -N '' -C '' -f /tmp/dsakey").strip()  # public key with empty comment
         dsakey = self.machine.execute("cat /tmp/dsakey.pub")
         self.addCleanup(self.machine.execute, "rm -f /tmp/dsakey*")
 
-        # Try to create VM with one SSH key
+        # # Try to create VM with one SSH key
         runner.createCloudBaseImageTest(TestMachinesCreate.VmDialog(self, sourceType='cloud',
                                                                     storage_size=10, storage_size_unit='MiB',
                                                                     location=config.VALID_DISK_IMAGE_PATH,
@@ -1153,8 +1153,6 @@ vnc_password= "{vnc_passwd}"
 
             ssh_keys = self.expected_ssh_keys or self.ssh_keys
             if ssh_keys is not None:
-                print("SSH KEYS", ssh_keys)
-                print(user_data)
                 for key in ssh_keys:
                     self.assertIn(key, user_data)
 
@@ -1321,16 +1319,12 @@ vnc_password= "{vnc_passwd}"
                     b.set_input_text("#create-vm-dialog-root-password-pw1", self.root_password)
                 if self.ssh_keys is not None:
                     for idx, key in enumerate(self.ssh_keys):
-                        print(idx, key)
                         b.click("button:contains(Add SSH keys)")
                         b.set_input_text(f"#create-vm-dialog-ssh-key-{idx} textarea", key, value_check=False, blur=False)
-                        import testlib
-                        testlib.sit()
                         # Check that ssh key was validated
                         if self.ssh_key_invalid:
                             self.browser.wait_attr(f"#create-vm-dialog-ssh-key-{idx} .pf-v5-c-form__group", "testdata", "key-invalid")
                         else:
-                            testlib.sit()
                             b.wait_visible(f"#create-vm-dialog-ssh-key-{idx} #validated")
 
                 if self.is_unattended: