diff --git a/tools/virtio/ringtest/ptr_ring.c b/tools/virtio/ringtest/ptr_ring.c
index 635b07b4fdd39..7b22f1b206520 100644
--- a/tools/virtio/ringtest/ptr_ring.c
+++ b/tools/virtio/ringtest/ptr_ring.c
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ void alloc_ring(void)
 {
 	int ret = ptr_ring_init(&array, ring_size, 0);
 	assert(!ret);
+	/* Hacky way to poke at ring internals. Useful for testing though. */
+	if (param)
+		array.batch = param;
 }
 
 /* guest side */