diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/evmcs_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/evmcs_test.c
index 92c2cfd1b1828129933ed87d62d8be546cfde8c7..ea3c73e8f4f6e7a97303e1801a674c12dc01219d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/evmcs_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/evmcs_test.c
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	for (stage = 1;; stage++) {
 		_vcpu_run(vm, VCPU_ID);
 		TEST_ASSERT(run->exit_reason == KVM_EXIT_IO,
-			    "Unexpected exit reason: %u (%s),\n",
-			    run->exit_reason,
+			    "Stage %d: unexpected exit reason: %u (%s),\n",
+			    stage, run->exit_reason,
 			    exit_reason_str(run->exit_reason));
 
 		memset(&regs1, 0, sizeof(regs1));
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/state_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/state_test.c
index 03da41f0f7364d6d274e72bb056988020a8839f5..4b3f556265f1b95790e318da95adfb4073526514 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/state_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/state_test.c
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	for (stage = 1;; stage++) {
 		_vcpu_run(vm, VCPU_ID);
 		TEST_ASSERT(run->exit_reason == KVM_EXIT_IO,
-			    "Unexpected exit reason: %u (%s),\n",
-			    run->exit_reason,
+			    "Stage %d: unexpected exit reason: %u (%s),\n",
+			    stage, run->exit_reason,
 			    exit_reason_str(run->exit_reason));
 
 		memset(&regs1, 0, sizeof(regs1));