diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
index 717581145cfcf9dbf8ec129c81c26ce81d4d9ddf..14a03ea1e21d137efcbdc5efaba5d916585eeb2d 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ run_test() { # testfile
   local testlog=`mktemp $LOG_DIR/${testname}-log.XXXXXX`
   export TMPDIR=`mktemp -d /tmp/ftracetest-dir.XXXXXX`
   testcase $1
-  echo "execute: "$1 > $testlog
+  echo "execute$INSTANCE: "$1 > $testlog
   SIG_RESULT=0
   if [ $VERBOSE -ge 2 ]; then
     __run_test $1 2>> $testlog | tee -a $testlog