diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/parse-console.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/parse-console.sh
index e03338091a069..263b1be500080 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/parse-console.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/parse-console.sh
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ then
 	then
 		summary="$summary  Warnings: $n_warn"
 	fi
-	n_bugs=`egrep -c 'BUG|Oops:' $file`
+	n_bugs=`egrep -c '\bBUG|Oops:' $file`
 	if test "$n_bugs" -ne 0
 	then
 		summary="$summary  Bugs: $n_bugs"