diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/functions.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/functions.sh
index d4c15f81cd27..8f912419ed7f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/functions.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/functions.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ bootparam_hotplug_cpu () {
 	echo "$1" | grep -q "rcutorture\.onoff_"
 }
 
+# configfrag_boot_params bootparam-string config-fragment-file
+#
+# Adds boot parameters from the .boot file, if any.
+configfrag_boot_params () {
+	if test -r "$2.boot"
+	then
+		echo $1 `grep -v '^#' "$2.boot" | tr '\012' ' '`
+	else
+		echo $1
+	fi
+}
+
 # configfrag_hotplug_cpu config-fragment-file
 #
 # Returns 1 if the config fragment specifies hotplug CPU.
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-test-1-rcu.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-test-1-rcu.sh
index 0a3f037a8bb3..618aa4d766d3 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-test-1-rcu.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-test-1-rcu.sh
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ fi
 boot_args="`rcutorture_param_onoff "$boot_args" $builddir/.config`"
 # Generate rcu_barrier() boot parameter
 boot_args="`rcutorture_param_n_barrier_cbs "$boot_args"`"
+# Pull in Kconfig-fragment boot parameters
+boot_args="`configfrag_boot_params "$boot_args" "$config_template"`"
 
 echo $QEMU -name rcu-test -serial file:$builddir/console.log $qemu_args -m 512 -kernel $builddir/arch/x86/boot/bzImage -append \"noapic selinux=0 console=ttyS0 initcall_debug debug rcutorture.stat_interval=15 rcutorture.shutdown_secs=$seconds rcutorture.rcutorture_runnable=1 $boot_args\" > $resdir/qemu-cmd
 $QEMU -name rcu-test -serial file:$builddir/console.log $qemu_args -m 512 -kernel $builddir/arch/x86/boot/bzImage -append "noapic selinux=0 console=ttyS0 initcall_debug debug rcutorture.stat_interval=15 rcutorture.shutdown_secs=$seconds rcutorture.rcutorture_runnable=1 $boot_args" &