diff --git a/virttest/test_setup/__init__.py b/virttest/test_setup/__init__.py
index 0f8dbdf8c4..bd8d585217 100644
--- a/virttest/test_setup/__init__.py
+++ b/virttest/test_setup/__init__.py
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ def __init__(self, params, env):
         if self.run == "yes":
             self.run = "1"
         elif self.run == "no":
-            self.run == "0"
+            self.run = "0"
 
         # Get KSM module status if there is one
         self.ksmctler = utils_misc.KSMController()
@@ -697,6 +697,12 @@ def cleanup(self, env):
             # ksmtuned used to run in host. Start the process
             # and don't need set up the configures.
             self.ksmctler.start_ksmtuned()
+            # Ensure ksm it not enabled before return
+            if not wait.wait_for(lambda: not self.ksmctler.is_ksm_running(),
+                                 timeout=120, step=5,
+                                 text="Waiting for ksm to be disabled"):
+                LOG.warning("KSM is still running, subsequent test may not "
+                            "work as expected")
             return
 
         if default_status == self.default_status:
diff --git a/virttest/utils_misc.py b/virttest/utils_misc.py
index b9bd2d3643..ffe44897fc 100644
--- a/virttest/utils_misc.py
+++ b/virttest/utils_misc.py
@@ -3084,7 +3084,8 @@ def is_ksm_running(self):
         Verify whether ksm is running.
         """
         if self.interface == "sysfs":
-            running = process.run("cat %s" % self.ksm_params["run"]).stdout_text
+            running = process.run(
+                "cat %s" % self.ksm_params["run"]).stdout_text.strip()
         else:
             output = process.run("ksmctl info").stdout_text
             try: