diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/jitter.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/jitter.sh
index ed0ea86ddf5d..ff1d3e468e53 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/jitter.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/jitter.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # of this script is to inflict random OS jitter on a concurrently running
 # test.
 #
-# Usage: jitter.sh me duration jittering-path [ sleepmax [ spinmax ] ]
+# Usage: jitter.sh me jittering-path duration [ sleepmax [ spinmax ] ]
 #
 # me: Random-number-generator seed salt.
 # duration: Time to run in seconds.
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 # Authors: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
 
 me=$(($1 * 1000))
-duration=$2
-jittering=$3
+jittering=$2
+duration=$3
 sleepmax=${4-1000000}
 spinmax=${5-1000}
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm.sh
index de93802c3d00..a2ee3f2fff3c 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm.sh
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ function dump(first, pastlast, batchnum)
 	print "\techo ---- Starting kernels. `date` | tee -a " rd "log";
 	print "\ttouch " rd "jittering"
 	for (j = 0; j < njitter; j++)
-		print "\tjitter.sh " j " " dur " " rd "jittering " ja[2] " " ja[3] "&"
+		print "\tjitter.sh " j " " rd "jittering " dur " " ja[2] " " ja[3] "&"
 	print "\twhile ls $runfiles > /dev/null 2>&1"
 	print "\tdo"
 	print "\t\t:"