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 6dc2b49b85ea..d04966ab88cc 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-test-1-run.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-test-1-run.sh
@@ -206,7 +206,10 @@ do
 	kruntime=`gawk 'BEGIN { print systime() - '"$kstarttime"' }' < /dev/null`
 	if test -z "$qemu_pid" || kill -0 "$qemu_pid" > /dev/null 2>&1
 	then
-		if test $kruntime -ge $seconds -o -f "$TORTURE_STOPFILE"
+		if test -n "$TORTURE_KCONFIG_GDB_ARG"
+		then
+			:
+		elif test $kruntime -ge $seconds || test -f "$TORTURE_STOPFILE"
 		then
 			break;
 		fi