diff --git a/script/critest.sh b/script/critest.sh
index 86866c9e1a2b9..5f785a19ae71a 100755
--- a/script/critest.sh
+++ b/script/critest.sh
@@ -131,4 +131,4 @@ do
     crictl --runtime-endpoint ${BDIR}/c.sock info && break || sleep 1
 done
 
-critest --report-dir "$report_dir" --runtime-endpoint=unix:///${BDIR}/c.sock --parallel=8 "${GINKGO_SKIP_TEST[@]}" "${GINKGO_FOCUS_TEST[@]}" "${EXTRA_CRITEST_OPTIONS:-""}"
+critest --report-dir "$report_dir" --runtime-endpoint=unix:///${BDIR}/c.sock --parallel=8 "${GINKGO_SKIP_TEST[@]}" "${GINKGO_FOCUS_TEST[@]}" ${EXTRA_CRITEST_OPTIONS:-}