diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm.sh
index c279cf9cb010..7dbce7a43413 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm.sh
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ usage () {
 while test $# -gt 0
 do
 	case "$1" in
+	--allcpus)
+		cpus=$TORTURE_ALLOTED_CPUS
+		max_cpus=$TORTURE_ALLOTED_CPUS
+		;;
 	--bootargs|--bootarg)
 		checkarg --bootargs "(list of kernel boot arguments)" "$#" "$2" '.*' '^--'
 		TORTURE_BOOTARGS="$2"