1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
index 535b98b79c29..e8b402193a82 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ TOTAL_RESULT=0
 CASENO=0
 testcase() { # testfile
   CASENO=$((CASENO+1))
-  prlog -n "[$CASENO]"`grep "^#[ \t]*description:" $1 | cut -f2 -d:`
+  desc=`grep "^#[ \t]*description:" $1 | cut -f2 -d:`
+  prlog -n "[$CASENO]$desc"
 }
 
 eval_result() { # retval sigval