diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-build.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-build.sh
index 115e1822b26f..55f4fc102624 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-build.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-build.sh
@@ -40,8 +40,10 @@ if test $retval -gt 1
 then
 	exit 2
 fi
-ncpus=`cpus2use.sh`
-make -j$ncpus $TORTURE_KMAKE_ARG > $resdir/Make.out 2>&1
+
+# Tell "make" to use double the number of real CPUs on the build system.
+ncpus="`lscpu | grep '^CPU(' | awk '{ print $2 }'`"
+make -j$((2 * ncpus)) $TORTURE_KMAKE_ARG > $resdir/Make.out 2>&1
 retval=$?
 if test $retval -ne 0 || grep "rcu[^/]*": < $resdir/Make.out | egrep -q "Stop|Error|error:|warning:" || egrep -q "Stop|Error|error:" < $resdir/Make.out
 then