diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
index 7cd56a1993b1..607758a66a99 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
@@ -551,6 +551,7 @@ options to your ``.config``:
 Once the kernel is built and installed, a simple
 
 .. code-block:: bash
+
 	modprobe example-test
 
 ...will run the tests.
diff --git a/tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py b/tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py
index e59eb9e7f923..180ad1e1b04f 100755
--- a/tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py
+++ b/tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ KunitResult = namedtuple('KunitResult', ['status','result'])
 
 KunitRequest = namedtuple('KunitRequest', ['raw_output','timeout', 'jobs', 'build_dir', 'defconfig'])
 
+KernelDirectoryPath = sys.argv[0].split('tools/testing/kunit/')[0]
+
 class KunitStatus(Enum):
 	SUCCESS = auto()
 	CONFIG_FAILURE = auto()
@@ -35,6 +37,13 @@ def create_default_kunitconfig():
 		shutil.copyfile('arch/um/configs/kunit_defconfig',
 				kunit_kernel.kunitconfig_path)
 
+def get_kernel_root_path():
+	parts = sys.argv[0] if not __file__ else __file__
+	parts = os.path.realpath(parts).split('tools/testing/kunit')
+	if len(parts) != 2:
+		sys.exit(1)
+	return parts[0]
+
 def run_tests(linux: kunit_kernel.LinuxSourceTree,
 	      request: KunitRequest) -> KunitResult:
 	config_start = time.time()
@@ -114,6 +123,9 @@ def main(argv, linux=None):
 	cli_args = parser.parse_args(argv)
 
 	if cli_args.subcommand == 'run':
+		if get_kernel_root_path():
+			os.chdir(get_kernel_root_path())
+
 		if cli_args.build_dir:
 			if not os.path.exists(cli_args.build_dir):
 				os.mkdir(cli_args.build_dir)
diff --git a/tools/testing/kunit/kunit_kernel.py b/tools/testing/kunit/kunit_kernel.py
index cc5d844ecca1..d99ae75ef72f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/kunit/kunit_kernel.py
+++ b/tools/testing/kunit/kunit_kernel.py
@@ -93,6 +93,20 @@ class LinuxSourceTree(object):
 			return False
 		return True
 
+	def validate_config(self, build_dir):
+		kconfig_path = get_kconfig_path(build_dir)
+		validated_kconfig = kunit_config.Kconfig()
+		validated_kconfig.read_from_file(kconfig_path)
+		if not self._kconfig.is_subset_of(validated_kconfig):
+			invalid = self._kconfig.entries() - validated_kconfig.entries()
+			message = 'Provided Kconfig is not contained in validated .config. Following fields found in kunitconfig, ' \
+					  'but not in .config: %s' % (
+					', '.join([str(e) for e in invalid])
+			)
+			logging.error(message)
+			return False
+		return True
+
 	def build_config(self, build_dir):
 		kconfig_path = get_kconfig_path(build_dir)
 		if build_dir and not os.path.exists(build_dir):
@@ -103,12 +117,7 @@ class LinuxSourceTree(object):
 		except ConfigError as e:
 			logging.error(e)
 			return False
-		validated_kconfig = kunit_config.Kconfig()
-		validated_kconfig.read_from_file(kconfig_path)
-		if not self._kconfig.is_subset_of(validated_kconfig):
-			logging.error('Provided Kconfig is not contained in validated .config!')
-			return False
-		return True
+		return self.validate_config(build_dir)
 
 	def build_reconfig(self, build_dir):
 		"""Creates a new .config if it is not a subset of the .kunitconfig."""
@@ -133,12 +142,7 @@ class LinuxSourceTree(object):
 		except (ConfigError, BuildError) as e:
 			logging.error(e)
 			return False
-		used_kconfig = kunit_config.Kconfig()
-		used_kconfig.read_from_file(get_kconfig_path(build_dir))
-		if not self._kconfig.is_subset_of(used_kconfig):
-			logging.error('Provided Kconfig is not contained in final config!')
-			return False
-		return True
+		return self.validate_config(build_dir)
 
 	def run_kernel(self, args=[], timeout=None, build_dir=''):
 		args.extend(['mem=256M'])