diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a86db26a3af2..f64f7d3ace09 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4d62bf51ac3408de85ebc1b677058482069b2e1c
+refs/heads/master: 4025bc62dd045d326d8a26a50fc86fd163aec89f
diff --git a/trunk/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/trunk/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
index 0603e64fea30..2011222c8918 100755
--- a/trunk/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
+++ b/trunk/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
@@ -1248,14 +1248,14 @@ sub run_bisect_test {
 
     if ($failed) {
 	$result = 0;
-
-	# reboot the box to a good kernel
-	if ($type ne "build") {
-	    bisect_reboot;
-	}
     } else {
 	$result = 1;
     }
+
+    # reboot the box to a kernel we can ssh to
+    if ($type ne "build") {
+	bisect_reboot;
+    }
     $in_bisect = 0;
 
     return $result;