diff --git a/testing/run_tests.sh b/testing/run_tests.sh
index 10ace2f6..0f63249d 100755
--- a/testing/run_tests.sh
+++ b/testing/run_tests.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ run_tests() {
 
     parallel \
         -k -j${jobs} \
-        ./scripts/invoke_qemu.sh $arch $initramfs {} ">" $RESULTS_DIR/{/}.txt ::: $@
+        ./scripts/invoke_qemu.sh -k $arch $initramfs {} ">" $RESULTS_DIR/{/}.txt ::: $@
 
     echo "BPF-check run for $# $arch kernel(s) at $(date)" > $SUMMARY_FILE
     for f in $RESULTS_DIR/*; do
diff --git a/testing/scripts/invoke_qemu.sh b/testing/scripts/invoke_qemu.sh
index d3ce6530..cdeb00c7 100755
--- a/testing/scripts/invoke_qemu.sh
+++ b/testing/scripts/invoke_qemu.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ EOF
 main() {
     local debug
     local kvm_requested
-    while getopts "d" opt; do
+    while getopts "dk" opt; do
         case ${opt} in
             d ) debug="1"
                 ;;