diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
index 52b7959..0ed73b5 100755
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
@@ -1871,10 +1871,10 @@
 	apply_min_config;
     }
 
-    if (!run_command "$make oldnoconfig") {
-	# Perhaps oldnoconfig doesn't exist in this version of the kernel
+    if (!run_command "$make olddefconfig") {
+	# Perhaps olddefconfig doesn't exist in this version of the kernel
 	# try a yes '' | oldconfig
-	doprint "oldnoconfig failed, trying yes '' | make oldconfig\n";
+	doprint "olddefconfig failed, trying yes '' | make oldconfig\n";
 	run_command "yes '' | $make oldconfig" or
 	    dodie "failed make config oldconfig";
     }
@@ -1927,7 +1927,7 @@
 
     # old config can ask questions
     if ($type eq "oldconfig") {
-	$type = "oldnoconfig";
+	$type = "olddefconfig";
 
 	# allow for empty configs
 	run_command "touch $output_config";
@@ -1957,7 +1957,7 @@
 	load_force_config($minconfig);
     }
 
-    if ($type ne "oldnoconfig") {
+    if ($type ne "olddefconfig") {
 	run_command "$make $type" or
 	    dodie "failed make config";
     }
@@ -2456,8 +2456,7 @@
 
 # config_off holds the set of configs that the bad config had disabled.
 # We need to record them and set them in the .config when running
-# oldnoconfig, because oldnoconfig does not turn off new symbols, but
-# instead just keeps the defaults.
+# olddefconfig, because olddefconfig keeps the defaults.
 my %config_off;
 
 # config_off_tmp holds a set of configs to turn off for now
@@ -3248,7 +3247,7 @@
     }
 
     # Remove this config from the list of configs
-    # do a make oldnoconfig and then read the resulting
+    # do a make olddefconfig and then read the resulting
     # .config to make sure it is missing the config that
     # we had before
     my %configs = %min_configs;