diff --git a/tests/extmod/vfs_fat_fileio1.py b/tests/extmod/vfs_fat_fileio1.py
index d0a5e4b73..7fe040d53 100644
--- a/tests/extmod/vfs_fat_fileio1.py
+++ b/tests/extmod/vfs_fat_fileio1.py
@@ -109,29 +109,3 @@ except OSError as e:
 
 vfs.remove("foo_file.txt")
 print(list(vfs.ilistdir()))
-
-# Here we test that opening a file with the heap locked fails correctly.  This
-# is a special case because file objects use a finaliser and allocating with a
-# finaliser is a different path to normal allocation.  It would be better to
-# test this in the core tests but there are no core objects that use finaliser.
-import micropython
-micropython.heap_lock()
-try:
-    vfs.open('x', 'r')
-except MemoryError:
-    print('MemoryError')
-micropython.heap_unlock()
-
-# Here we test that the finaliser is actually called during a garbage collection.
-import gc
-N = 4
-for i in range(N):
-    n = 'x%d' % i
-    f = vfs.open(n, 'w')
-    f.write(n)
-    f = None # release f without closing
-    [0, 1, 2, 3] # use up Python stack so f is really gone
-gc.collect() # should finalise all N files by closing them
-for i in range(N):
-    with vfs.open('x%d' % i, 'r') as f:
-        print(f.read())
diff --git a/tests/extmod/vfs_fat_fileio1.py.exp b/tests/extmod/vfs_fat_fileio1.py.exp
index 4eb50402c..8da96e16b 100644
--- a/tests/extmod/vfs_fat_fileio1.py.exp
+++ b/tests/extmod/vfs_fat_fileio1.py.exp
@@ -11,8 +11,3 @@ o
 d
 True
 [('foo_dir', 16384, 0, 0)]
-MemoryError
-x0
-x1
-x2
-x3
diff --git a/tests/extmod/vfs_fat_finaliser.py b/tests/extmod/vfs_fat_finaliser.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7254c5f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/extmod/vfs_fat_finaliser.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# Test VfsFat class and its finaliser
+
+try:
+    import uerrno, uos
+    uos.VfsFat
+except (ImportError, AttributeError):
+    print("SKIP")
+    raise SystemExit
+
+
+class RAMBlockDevice:
+    def __init__(self, blocks, sec_size=512):
+        self.sec_size = sec_size
+        self.data = bytearray(blocks * self.sec_size)
+
+    def readblocks(self, n, buf):
+        for i in range(len(buf)):
+            buf[i] = self.data[n * self.sec_size + i]
+
+    def writeblocks(self, n, buf):
+        for i in range(len(buf)):
+            self.data[n * self.sec_size + i] = buf[i]
+
+    def ioctl(self, op, arg):
+        if op == 4: # MP_BLOCKDEV_IOCTL_BLOCK_COUNT
+            return len(self.data) // self.sec_size
+        if op == 5: # MP_BLOCKDEV_IOCTL_BLOCK_SIZE
+            return self.sec_size
+
+
+# Create block device, and skip test if not enough RAM
+try:
+    bdev = RAMBlockDevice(50)
+except MemoryError:
+    print("SKIP")
+    raise SystemExit
+
+# Format block device and create VFS object
+uos.VfsFat.mkfs(bdev)
+vfs = uos.VfsFat(bdev)
+
+# Here we test that opening a file with the heap locked fails correctly.  This
+# is a special case because file objects use a finaliser and allocating with a
+# finaliser is a different path to normal allocation.  It would be better to
+# test this in the core tests but there are no core objects that use finaliser.
+import micropython
+micropython.heap_lock()
+try:
+    vfs.open('x', 'r')
+except MemoryError:
+    print('MemoryError')
+micropython.heap_unlock()
+
+# Here we test that the finaliser is actually called during a garbage collection.
+import gc
+N = 4
+for i in range(N):
+    n = 'x%d' % i
+    f = vfs.open(n, 'w')
+    f.write(n)
+    f = None # release f without closing
+    [0, 1, 2, 3] # use up Python stack so f is really gone
+gc.collect() # should finalise all N files by closing them
+for i in range(N):
+    with vfs.open('x%d' % i, 'r') as f:
+        print(f.read())
diff --git a/tests/extmod/vfs_fat_finaliser.py.exp b/tests/extmod/vfs_fat_finaliser.py.exp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc51daf2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/extmod/vfs_fat_finaliser.py.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+MemoryError
+x0
+x1
+x2
+x3