diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-test-1-run.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-test-1-run.sh
index 3cd03d01857c..4bc0e620edd0 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-test-1-run.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-test-1-run.sh
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ seconds=$4
 qemu_args=$5
 boot_args=$6
 
-kstarttime=`gawk 'BEGIN { print systime() }' < /dev/null`
 if test -z "$TORTURE_BUILDONLY"
 then
 	echo ' ---' `date`: Starting kernel
@@ -158,6 +157,8 @@ then
 	boot_args="$boot_args $TORTURE_BOOT_GDB_ARG"
 fi
 echo $QEMU $qemu_args -m $TORTURE_QEMU_MEM -kernel $KERNEL -append \"$qemu_append $boot_args\" $TORTURE_QEMU_GDB_ARG > $resdir/qemu-cmd
+echo "# TORTURE_SHUTDOWN_GRACE=$TORTURE_SHUTDOWN_GRACE" >> $resdir/qemu-cmd
+echo "# seconds=$seconds" >> $resdir/qemu-cmd
 
 if test -n "$TORTURE_BUILDONLY"
 then
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ echo 'echo $! > $resdir/qemu_pid' >> $T/qemu-cmd
 echo "NOTE: $QEMU either did not run or was interactive" > $resdir/console.log
 
 # Attempt to run qemu
+kstarttime=`gawk 'BEGIN { print systime() }' < /dev/null`
 ( . $T/qemu-cmd; wait `cat  $resdir/qemu_pid`; echo $? > $resdir/qemu-retval ) &
 commandcompleted=0
 if test -z "$TORTURE_KCONFIG_GDB_ARG"