diff --git a/tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py b/tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py
index e132b0654029..161a3b1b0217 100755
--- a/tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py
+++ b/tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def parse_tests(request: KunitParseRequest, metadata: kunit_json.Metadata, input
 		if request.raw_output == 'all':
 			pass
 		elif request.raw_output == 'kunit':
-			output = kunit_parser.extract_tap_lines(output)
+			output = kunit_parser.extract_tap_lines(output, lstrip=False)
 		for line in output:
 			print(line.rstrip())
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/kunit/kunit_parser.py b/tools/testing/kunit/kunit_parser.py
index 12d3ec77f427..1ae873e3e341 100644
--- a/tools/testing/kunit/kunit_parser.py
+++ b/tools/testing/kunit/kunit_parser.py
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ TAP_START = re.compile(r'TAP version ([0-9]+)$')
 KTAP_END = re.compile('(List of all partitions:|'
 	'Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS:|reboot: System halted)')
 
-def extract_tap_lines(kernel_output: Iterable[str]) -> LineStream:
+def extract_tap_lines(kernel_output: Iterable[str], lstrip=True) -> LineStream:
 	"""Extracts KTAP lines from the kernel output."""
 	def isolate_ktap_output(kernel_output: Iterable[str]) \
 			-> Iterator[Tuple[int, str]]:
@@ -244,9 +244,11 @@ def extract_tap_lines(kernel_output: Iterable[str]) -> LineStream:
 				# stop extracting KTAP lines
 				break
 			elif started:
-				# remove prefix and any indention and yield
-				# line with line number
-				line = line[prefix_len:].lstrip()
+				# remove the prefix and optionally any leading
+				# whitespace. Our parsing logic relies on this.
+				line = line[prefix_len:]
+				if lstrip:
+					line = line.lstrip()
 				yield line_num, line
 	return LineStream(lines=isolate_ktap_output(kernel_output))