diff --git a/testing/do-tests b/testing/do-tests
index 28337c022..33f946a2e 100755
--- a/testing/do-tests
+++ b/testing/do-tests
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ done
 #
 
 [ -f $SHAREDDIR/.strongswan-version ] && SWANVERSION=`cat $SHAREDDIR/.strongswan-version`
-KERNELVERSION=`ssh $SSHCONF root@\$ipv4_winnetou uname -r 2>/dev/null`
+KERNELVERSION=`ssh $SSHCONF root@\$ipv4_winnetou uname -rv | cut -d ' ' -f 1,2 2>/dev/null`
 
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 # create header for the results html file