diff --git a/cddl/usr.sbin/dtrace/tests/tools/dtest.sh b/cddl/usr.sbin/dtrace/tests/tools/dtest.sh
index d2f3dc4ed8d..a6634bea43a 100755
--- a/cddl/usr.sbin/dtrace/tests/tools/dtest.sh
+++ b/cddl/usr.sbin/dtrace/tests/tools/dtest.sh
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ readonly STDOUT=$(mktemp)
 readonly TFILE=$(basename $1)
 readonly EXOUT=${TFILE}.out
 
-kldstat -q -m dtrace_test || kldload dtrace_test
+kldload -n dtrace_test
 cd $(dirname $1)
 runtest
 RESULT=$?