diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh
index a9ba782d8ca0..83616f0779a7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ tap_timeout()
 {
 	# Make sure tests will time out if utility is available.
 	if [ -x /usr/bin/timeout ] ; then
-		/usr/bin/timeout --foreground "$kselftest_timeout" $1
+		/usr/bin/timeout --foreground "$kselftest_timeout" \
+			/usr/bin/timeout "$kselftest_timeout" $1
 	else
 		$1
 	fi