diff --git a/neuralnetworks/aidl/vts/functional/CompilationCachingTests.cpp b/neuralnetworks/aidl/vts/functional/CompilationCachingTests.cpp
index 94ce5c1..77208aa 100644
--- a/neuralnetworks/aidl/vts/functional/CompilationCachingTests.cpp
+++ b/neuralnetworks/aidl/vts/functional/CompilationCachingTests.cpp
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@
     void SetUp() override {
         testing::Test::SetUp();
         ASSERT_NE(kDevice.get(), nullptr);
+        const bool deviceIsResponsive =
+                ndk::ScopedAStatus::fromStatus(AIBinder_ping(kDevice->asBinder().get())).isOk();
+        ASSERT_TRUE(deviceIsResponsive);
 
         // Create cache directory. The cache directory and a temporary cache file is always created
         // to test the behavior of prepareModelFromCache, even when caching is not supported.
diff --git a/neuralnetworks/aidl/vts/functional/GeneratedTestHarness.cpp b/neuralnetworks/aidl/vts/functional/GeneratedTestHarness.cpp
index 2356ff0..ac5b96a 100644
--- a/neuralnetworks/aidl/vts/functional/GeneratedTestHarness.cpp
+++ b/neuralnetworks/aidl/vts/functional/GeneratedTestHarness.cpp
@@ -904,6 +904,9 @@
 void GeneratedTestBase::SetUp() {
     testing::TestWithParam<GeneratedTestParam>::SetUp();
     ASSERT_NE(kDevice, nullptr);
+    const bool deviceIsResponsive =
+            ndk::ScopedAStatus::fromStatus(AIBinder_ping(kDevice->asBinder().get())).isOk();
+    ASSERT_TRUE(deviceIsResponsive);
 }
 
 std::vector<NamedModel> getNamedModels(const FilterFn& filter) {
diff --git a/neuralnetworks/aidl/vts/functional/MemoryDomainTests.cpp b/neuralnetworks/aidl/vts/functional/MemoryDomainTests.cpp
index e8313f1..1819699 100644
--- a/neuralnetworks/aidl/vts/functional/MemoryDomainTests.cpp
+++ b/neuralnetworks/aidl/vts/functional/MemoryDomainTests.cpp
@@ -233,6 +233,9 @@
     void SetUp() override {
         testing::Test::SetUp();
         ASSERT_NE(kDevice, nullptr);
+        const bool deviceIsResponsive =
+                ndk::ScopedAStatus::fromStatus(AIBinder_ping(kDevice->asBinder().get())).isOk();
+        ASSERT_TRUE(deviceIsResponsive);
     }
 
     std::shared_ptr<IPreparedModel> createConvPreparedModel(const TestOperand& testOperand,
diff --git a/neuralnetworks/aidl/vts/functional/VtsHalNeuralnetworks.cpp b/neuralnetworks/aidl/vts/functional/VtsHalNeuralnetworks.cpp
index ee7cf89..c417356 100644
--- a/neuralnetworks/aidl/vts/functional/VtsHalNeuralnetworks.cpp
+++ b/neuralnetworks/aidl/vts/functional/VtsHalNeuralnetworks.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@
 void NeuralNetworksAidlTest::SetUp() {
     testing::TestWithParam<NeuralNetworksAidlTestParam>::SetUp();
     ASSERT_NE(kDevice, nullptr);
+    const bool deviceIsResponsive =
+            ndk::ScopedAStatus::fromStatus(AIBinder_ping(kDevice->asBinder().get())).isOk();
+    ASSERT_TRUE(deviceIsResponsive);
 }
 
 static NamedDevice makeNamedDevice(const std::string& name) {