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 d39273dae464..0f80eefb0bfd 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-test-1-run.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-test-1-run.sh
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ fi
 qemu_args="`specify_qemu_cpus "$QEMU" "$qemu_args" "$cpu_count"`"
 
 # Generate architecture-specific and interaction-specific qemu arguments
-qemu_args="$qemu_args `identify_qemu_args "$QEMU" "$builddir/console.log"`"
+qemu_args="$qemu_args `identify_qemu_args "$QEMU" "$resdir/console.log"`"
 
 # Generate qemu -append arguments
 qemu_append="`identify_qemu_append "$QEMU"`"
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ then
 	touch $resdir/buildonly
 	exit 0
 fi
-echo "NOTE: $QEMU either did not run or was interactive" > $builddir/console.log
+echo "NOTE: $QEMU either did not run or was interactive" > $resdir/console.log
 echo $QEMU $qemu_args -m 512 -kernel $resdir/bzImage -append \"$qemu_append $boot_args\" > $resdir/qemu-cmd
 ( $QEMU $qemu_args -m 512 -kernel $resdir/bzImage -append "$qemu_append $boot_args"; echo $? > $resdir/qemu-retval ) &
 qemu_pid=$!
@@ -222,6 +222,5 @@ then
 	done
 fi
 
-cp $builddir/console.log $resdir
 parse-torture.sh $resdir/console.log $title
 parse-console.sh $resdir/console.log $title