diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
index 4f78e4805633..f19804df244c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
@@ -971,6 +971,11 @@ void __run_test(struct __fixture_metadata *f,
 
 	ksft_print_msg(" RUN           %s%s%s.%s ...\n",
 	       f->name, variant->name[0] ? "." : "", variant->name, t->name);
+
+	/* Make sure output buffers are flushed before fork */
+	fflush(stdout);
+	fflush(stderr);
+
 	t->pid = fork();
 	if (t->pid < 0) {
 		ksft_print_msg("ERROR SPAWNING TEST CHILD\n");