diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
index 685376b4..52e3c4d 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 echo " Options:"
 echo "		-h|--help  Show help message"
 echo "		-k|--keep  Keep passed test logs"
-echo "		-v|--verbose Show all stdout messages in testcases"
-echo "		-q|--quiet Do not show error log on stdout"
+echo "		-v|--verbose Increase verbosity of test messages"
+echo "		-vv        Alias of -v -v (Show all results in stdout)"
 echo "		-d|--debug Debug mode (trace all shell commands)"
 exit $1
 }
@@ -55,12 +55,9 @@
       KEEP_LOG=1
       shift 1
     ;;
-    --verbose|-v)
-      VERBOSE=1
-      shift 1
-    ;;
-    --quiet|-q)
-      BE_QUIET=1
+    --verbose|-v|-vv)
+      VERBOSE=$((VERBOSE + 1))
+      [ $1 == '-vv' ] && VERBOSE=$((VERBOSE + 1))
       shift 1
     ;;
     --debug|-d)
@@ -106,7 +103,6 @@
 KEEP_LOG=0
 DEBUG=0
 VERBOSE=0
-BE_QUIET=0
 # Parse command-line options
 parse_opts $*
 
@@ -246,7 +242,7 @@
   testcase $1
   echo "execute: "$1 > $testlog
   SIG_RESULT=0
-  if [ $VERBOSE -ne 0 ]; then
+  if [ $VERBOSE -ge 2 ]; then
     __run_test $1 2>> $testlog | tee -a $testlog
   else
     __run_test $1 >> $testlog 2>&1
@@ -256,7 +252,7 @@
     # Remove test log if the test was done as it was expected.
     [ $KEEP_LOG -eq 0 ] && rm $testlog
   else
-    [ $BE_QUIET -eq 0 ] && catlog $testlog
+    [ $VERBOSE -ge 1 ] && catlog $testlog
     TOTAL_RESULT=1
   fi
   rm -rf $TMPDIR