diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-again.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-again.sh
index 0941f1ddab658..85cfd139f9737 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-again.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-again.sh
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ RCUTORTURE="`pwd`/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture"; export RCUTORTURE
 PATH=${RCUTORTURE}/bin:$PATH; export PATH
 . functions.sh
 
+bootargs=
 dryrun=
 dur=
 default_link="cp -R"
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ starttime="`get_starttime`"
 
 usage () {
 	echo "Usage: $scriptname $oldrun [ arguments ]:"
+	echo "       --bootargs kernel-boot-arguments"
 	echo "       --dryrun"
 	echo "       --duration minutes | <seconds>s | <hours>h | <days>d"
 	echo "       --link hard|soft|copy"
@@ -72,6 +74,11 @@ usage () {
 while test $# -gt 0
 do
 	case "$1" in
+	--bootargs|--bootarg)
+		checkarg --bootargs "(list of kernel boot arguments)" "$#" "$2" '.*' '^--'
+		bootargs="$bootargs $2"
+		shift
+		;;
 	--dryrun)
 		dryrun=1
 		;;
@@ -156,7 +163,7 @@ do
 	qemu_cmd_dir="`dirname "$i"`"
 	kernel_dir="`echo $qemu_cmd_dir | sed -e 's/\.[0-9]\+$//'`"
 	jitter_dir="`dirname "$kernel_dir"`"
-	kvm-transform.sh "$kernel_dir/bzImage" "$qemu_cmd_dir/console.log" "$jitter_dir" $dur < $T/qemu-cmd > $i
+	kvm-transform.sh "$kernel_dir/bzImage" "$qemu_cmd_dir/console.log" "$jitter_dir" $dur "$bootargs" < $T/qemu-cmd > $i
 	if test -n "$arg_remote"
 	then
 		echo "# TORTURE_KCONFIG_GDB_ARG=''" >> $i
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-transform.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-transform.sh
index d40b4e60a50cb..75a2610a27f37 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-transform.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-transform.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,14 @@
 #
 # Transform a qemu-cmd file to allow reuse.
 #
-# Usage: kvm-transform.sh bzImage console.log jitter_dir [ seconds ] < qemu-cmd-in > qemu-cmd-out
+# Usage: kvm-transform.sh bzImage console.log jitter_dir seconds [ bootargs ] < qemu-cmd-in > qemu-cmd-out
 #
 #	bzImage: Kernel and initrd from the same prior kvm.sh run.
 #	console.log: File into which to place console output.
+#	jitter_dir: Jitter directory for TORTURE_JITTER_START and
+#		TORTURE_JITTER_STOP environment variables.
+#	seconds: Run duaration for *.shutdown_secs module parameter.
+#	bootargs: New kernel boot parameters.  Beware of Robert Tables.
 #
 # The original qemu-cmd file is provided on standard input.
 # The transformed qemu-cmd file is on standard output.
@@ -17,6 +21,9 @@
 #
 # Authors: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
 
+T=`mktemp -d /tmp/kvm-transform.sh.XXXXXXXXXX`
+trap 'rm -rf $T' 0 2
+
 image="$1"
 if test -z "$image"
 then
@@ -41,9 +48,17 @@ then
 	echo "Invalid duration, should be numeric in seconds: '$seconds'"
 	exit 1
 fi
+bootargs="$5"
+
+# Build awk program.
+echo "BEGIN {" > $T/bootarg.awk
+echo $bootargs | tr -s ' ' '\012' |
+	awk -v dq='"' '/./ { print "\tbootarg[" NR "] = " dq $1 dq ";" }' >> $T/bootarg.awk
+echo $bootargs | tr -s ' ' '\012' | sed -e 's/=.*$//' |
+	awk -v dq='"' '/./ { print "\tbootpar[" NR "] = " dq $1 dq ";" }' >> $T/bootarg.awk
+cat >> $T/bootarg.awk << '___EOF___'
+}
 
-awk -v image="$image" -v consolelog="$consolelog" -v jitter_dir="$jitter_dir" \
-    -v seconds="$seconds" '
 /^# seconds=/ {
 	if (seconds == "")
 		print $0;
@@ -70,13 +85,7 @@ awk -v image="$image" -v consolelog="$consolelog" -v jitter_dir="$jitter_dir" \
 {
 	line = "";
 	for (i = 1; i <= NF; i++) {
-		if ("" seconds != "" && $i ~ /\.shutdown_secs=[0-9]*$/) {
-			sub(/[0-9]*$/, seconds, $i);
-			if (line == "")
-				line = $i;
-			else
-				line = line " " $i;
-		} else if (line == "") {
+		if (line == "") {
 			line = $i;
 		} else {
 			line = line " " $i;
@@ -87,7 +96,44 @@ awk -v image="$image" -v consolelog="$consolelog" -v jitter_dir="$jitter_dir" \
 		} else if ($i == "-kernel") {
 			i++;
 			line = line " " image;
+		} else if ($i == "-append") {
+			for (i++; i <= NF; i++) {
+				arg = $i;
+				lq = "";
+				rq = "";
+				if ("" seconds != "" && $i ~ /\.shutdown_secs=[0-9]*$/)
+					sub(/[0-9]*$/, seconds, arg);
+				if (arg ~ /^"/) {
+					lq = substr(arg, 1, 1);
+					arg  = substr(arg, 2);
+				}
+				if (arg ~ /"$/) {
+					rq = substr(arg, length($i), 1);
+					arg = substr(arg, 1, length($i) - 1);
+				}
+				par = arg;
+				gsub(/=.*$/, "", par);
+				j = 1;
+				while (bootpar[j] != "") {
+					if (bootpar[j] == par) {
+						arg = "";
+						break;
+					}
+					j++;
+				}
+				if (line == "")
+					line = lq arg;
+				else
+					line = line " " lq arg;
+			}
+			for (j in bootarg)
+				line = line " " bootarg[j];
+			line = line rq;
 		}
 	}
 	print line;
-}'
+}
+___EOF___
+
+awk -v image="$image" -v consolelog="$consolelog" -v jitter_dir="$jitter_dir" \
+    -v seconds="$seconds" -f $T/bootarg.awk
