diff --git a/tools/testing/radix-tree/idr-test.c b/tools/testing/radix-tree/idr-test.c
index 6ce7460f3c7a9caf60da686f22693bd2ebba0346..ca24f6839d50c49f585414620ec93af6d19422dd 100644
--- a/tools/testing/radix-tree/idr-test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/radix-tree/idr-test.c
@@ -296,6 +296,10 @@ static void *idr_throbber(void *arg)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/*
+ * There are always either 1 or 2 objects in the IDR.  If we find nothing,
+ * or we find something at an ID we didn't expect, that's a bug.
+ */
 void idr_find_test_1(int anchor_id, int throbber_id)
 {
 	pthread_t throbber;
@@ -311,7 +315,12 @@ void idr_find_test_1(int anchor_id, int throbber_id)
 		int id = 0;
 		void *entry = idr_get_next(&find_idr, &id);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
-		BUG_ON(entry != xa_mk_value(id));
+		if ((id != anchor_id && id != throbber_id) ||
+		    entry != xa_mk_value(id)) {
+			printf("%s(%d, %d): %p at %d\n", __func__, anchor_id,
+				throbber_id, entry, id);
+			abort();
+		}
 		rcu_read_lock();
 	} while (time(NULL) < start + 11);
 	rcu_read_unlock();