diff --git a/mantle/cmd/kola/testiso.go b/mantle/cmd/kola/testiso.go
index 1b72195083..48d90a4e7f 100644
--- a/mantle/cmd/kola/testiso.go
+++ b/mantle/cmd/kola/testiso.go
@@ -694,8 +694,7 @@ func awaitCompletion(ctx context.Context, inst *platform.QemuInstance, outdir st
 			if err != nil {
 				errchan <- err
 			}
-		}()
-	}
+		}
 	go func() {
 		err := inst.Wait()
 		// only one Wait() gets process data, so also manually check for signal
diff --git a/mantle/kola/harness.go b/mantle/kola/harness.go
index c351313ee1..140e79823b 100644
--- a/mantle/kola/harness.go
+++ b/mantle/kola/harness.go
@@ -1919,15 +1919,14 @@ func ScpKolet(machines []platform.Machine) error {
 
 
 // CheckConsoleText checks console output for badness
-func CheckConsoleText(consoleOutput []byte) (bool, []string) {
-	var badlines []string
-	warnOnly, allowRerunSuccess := true, true
+func CheckConsoleText(badlines []string) (bool, []string) {
+	badness := true
 	for _, check := range consoleChecks {
 		if check.skipFlag != nil {
 			continue
 		}
-		match := check.match.FindSubmatch(consoleOutput)
-		if match != nil {
+		match := check.match.FindString(badlines[1])
+		if match != "" {
 			badline := check.desc
 			if len(match) > 1 {
 				// include first subexpression
@@ -1935,14 +1934,11 @@ func CheckConsoleText(consoleOutput []byte) (bool, []string) {
 			}
 			badlines = append(badlines, badline)
 			if !check.warnOnly {
-				warnOnly = false
-			}
-			if !check.allowRerunSuccess {
-				allowRerunSuccess = false
+				badness = false
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return warnOnly, badlines
+	return badness, badlines
 }
 
 // CheckConsole checks some console output for badness and returns short
@@ -1972,9 +1968,8 @@ func CheckConsole(output []byte, t *register.Test) (bool, []string) {
 			if !check.allowRerunSuccess {
 				allowRerunSuccess = false
 			}
-			cc := CheckConsoleText([]byte(output))
-			fmt.Printf("Test failed: %v", cc)
-			fmt.Printf("// Leftovers \n\n")
+			is_it_err,checkConsole := CheckConsoleText([]string(badlines))
+			fmt.Printf("%v\n,%v", checkConsole, is_it_err)
 		}
 	}
 	if len(badlines) > 0 && allowRerunSuccess && t != nil {
diff --git a/mantle/platform/qemu.go b/mantle/platform/qemu.go
index 64cba8ff7f..d8239133e7 100644
--- a/mantle/platform/qemu.go
+++ b/mantle/platform/qemu.go
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/coreos/coreos-assembler/mantle/kola"
 	"github.com/coreos/coreos-assembler/mantle/platform/conf"
 	"github.com/coreos/coreos-assembler/mantle/util"
 	coreosarch "github.com/coreos/stream-metadata-go/arch"