diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/common/init-stage2.sh b/.gitlab-ci/common/init-stage2.sh
index 2f6f498c9d6..ff73ec8a06f 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/common/init-stage2.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/common/init-stage2.sh
@@ -157,5 +157,9 @@ fi
 # We still need to echo the hwci: mesa message, as some scripts rely on it, such
 # as the python ones inside the bare-metal folder
 [ ${EXIT_CODE} -eq 0 ] && RESULT=pass
+
+set +x
 echo "hwci: mesa: $RESULT"
+# Sleep a bit to avoid kernel dump message interleave from LAVA ENDTC signal
+sleep 1
 exit $EXIT_CODE
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava_job_submitter.py b/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava_job_submitter.py
index f9d4d89b893..9eba34c8820 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava_job_submitter.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava_job_submitter.py
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ class LAVAJob:
         """
         log_lines = [l["msg"] for l in lava_lines if l["lvl"] == "target"]
         for line in log_lines:
-            if result := re.search(r"hwci: mesa: (\S*)", line):
+            if result := re.search(r"hwci: mesa: (pass|fail)", line):
                 self.is_finished = True
                 self.status = result.group(1)
                 color = LAVAJob.color_status_map.get(self.status, CONSOLE_LOG_COLOR_RED)
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/tests/test_lava_job_submitter.py b/.gitlab-ci/tests/test_lava_job_submitter.py
index 76a43c33eff..9e010b46b14 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/tests/test_lava_job_submitter.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/tests/test_lava_job_submitter.py
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ GITLAB_SECTION_MANGLED_SCENARIOS = {
     ),
 }
 
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "message, fixed_message",
     GITLAB_SECTION_MANGLED_SCENARIOS.values(),
@@ -464,3 +465,51 @@ LAVA_DEBUG_SPAM_MESSAGES = {
 )
 def test_filter_debug_messages(message, expectation):
     assert filter_debug_messages(message) == expectation
+
+
+LAVA_RESULT_LOG_SCENARIOS = {
+    # the submitter should accept xtrace logs
+    "Bash xtrace echo with kmsg interleaving": (
+        create_lava_yaml_msg(
+            msg="echo hwci: mesa: pass[  737.673352] <LAVA_SIGNAL_ENDTC mesa-ci>",
+            lvl="target",
+        ),
+        "pass",
+    ),
+    # the submitter should accept xtrace logs
+    "kmsg result print": (
+        create_lava_yaml_msg(
+            msg="[  737.673352] hwci: mesa: pass",
+            lvl="target",
+        ),
+        "pass",
+    ),
+    # if the job result echo has a very bad luck, it still can be interleaved
+    # with kmsg
+    "echo output with kmsg interleaving": (
+        create_lava_yaml_msg(
+            msg="hwci: mesa: pass[  737.673352] <LAVA_SIGNAL_ENDTC mesa-ci>",
+            lvl="target",
+        ),
+        "pass",
+    ),
+    "fail case": (
+        create_lava_yaml_msg(
+            msg="hwci: mesa: fail",
+            lvl="target",
+        ),
+        "fail",
+    ),
+}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "message, expectation",
+    LAVA_RESULT_LOG_SCENARIOS.values(),
+    ids=LAVA_RESULT_LOG_SCENARIOS.keys(),
+)
+def test_filter_debug_messages(message, expectation, mock_proxy):
+    job = LAVAJob(mock_proxy(), "")
+    job.parse_job_result_from_log([message])
+
+    assert job.status == expectation