diff --git a/tests/ignite/distributed/test_auto.py b/tests/ignite/distributed/test_auto.py
index 761e328944c4..a53999c1cb69 100644
--- a/tests/ignite/distributed/test_auto.py
+++ b/tests/ignite/distributed/test_auto.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 import ignite.distributed as idist
 from ignite.distributed.auto import auto_dataloader, auto_model, auto_optim, DistributedProxySampler
+from tests.ignite import is_mps_available_and_functional
 
 
 class DummyDS(Dataset):
@@ -179,6 +180,9 @@ def _test_auto_model_optimizer(ws, device):
         assert optimizer.backward_passes_per_step == backward_passes_per_step
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    torch.backends.mps.is_available() and not is_mps_available_and_functional(), reason="Skip if MPS not functional"
+)
 def test_auto_methods_no_dist():
     _test_auto_dataloader(1, 1, batch_size=1)
     _test_auto_dataloader(1, 1, batch_size=10, num_workers=2)
diff --git a/tests/ignite/distributed/test_launcher.py b/tests/ignite/distributed/test_launcher.py
index b12e2acf1c26..cf45fc76add7 100644
--- a/tests/ignite/distributed/test_launcher.py
+++ b/tests/ignite/distributed/test_launcher.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 import ignite.distributed as idist
 from ignite.distributed.utils import has_hvd_support, has_native_dist_support, has_xla_support
+from tests.ignite.distributed.utils import is_mps_available_and_functional
 
 
 def test_parallel_wrong_inputs():
@@ -54,6 +55,9 @@ def execute(cmd, env=None):
     return str(process.stdout.read()) + str(process.stderr.read())
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    torch.backends.mps.is_available() and not is_mps_available_and_functional(), reason="Skip if MPS not functional"
+)
 def test_check_idist_parallel_no_dist(exec_filepath):
     cmd = [sys.executable, "-u", exec_filepath]
     out = execute(cmd)
diff --git a/tests/ignite/distributed/utils/test_serial.py b/tests/ignite/distributed/utils/test_serial.py
index 6aef0de221e4..fdbf26e83608 100644
--- a/tests/ignite/distributed/utils/test_serial.py
+++ b/tests/ignite/distributed/utils/test_serial.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import ignite.distributed as idist
 from ignite.distributed.comp_models.base import _torch_version_le_112
-from tests.ignite import is_mps_available_and_functional
 from tests.ignite.distributed.utils import (
     _sanity_check,
     _test_distrib__get_max_length,
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ def test_no_distrib(capsys):
     assert idist.backend() is None
     if torch.cuda.is_available():
         assert idist.device().type == "cuda"
-    elif _torch_version_le_112 and is_mps_available_and_functional():
+    elif _torch_version_le_112 and torch.backends.mps.is_available():
         assert idist.device().type == "mps"
     else:
         assert idist.device().type == "cpu"
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ def test_no_distrib(capsys):
     assert "ignite.distributed.utils INFO: backend: None" in out[-1]
     if torch.cuda.is_available():
         assert "ignite.distributed.utils INFO: device: cuda" in out[-1]
-    elif _torch_version_le_112 and is_mps_available_and_functional():
+    elif _torch_version_le_112 and torch.backends.mps.is_available():
         assert "ignite.distributed.utils INFO: device: mps" in out[-1]
     else:
         assert "ignite.distributed.utils INFO: device: cpu" in out[-1]