diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/functions.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/functions.sh
index c3a49fb4d6f6..12810229fddc 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/functions.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/functions.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # Returns 1 if the specified boot-parameter string tells rcutorture to
 # test CPU-hotplug operations.
 bootparam_hotplug_cpu () {
-	echo "$1" | grep -q "rcutorture\.onoff_"
+	echo "$1" | grep -q "torture\.onoff_"
 }
 
 # checkarg --argname argtype $# arg mustmatch cannotmatch