diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/refscale/ver_functions.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/refscale/ver_functions.sh
index 321e82641287..f81fa2c541a6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/refscale/ver_functions.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/refscale/ver_functions.sh
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
 # Adds per-version torture-module parameters to kernels supporting them.
 per_version_boot_params () {
 	echo $1 refscale.shutdown=1 \
-		refscale.verbose=1
+		refscale.verbose=0
 }