diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
index 35b118a38c2f..b9cd036f0442 100755
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
@@ -2002,7 +2002,7 @@ sub get_version {
     # get the release name
     return if ($have_version);
     doprint "$make kernelrelease ... ";
-    $version = `$make -s kernelrelease`;
+    $version = `$make -s kernelrelease | tail -1`;
     chomp($version);
     doprint "$version\n";
     $have_version = 1;