diff --git a/mozilla/security/nss/tests/nssqa b/mozilla/security/nss/tests/nssqa
index 8677dbc0e03..d62ca27adc7 100755
--- a/mozilla/security/nss/tests/nssqa
+++ b/mozilla/security/nss/tests/nssqa
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ nssqa_main()
 TEST_LEVEL=0
 
 while [ $TEST_LEVEL -lt 3 ] ; do
+    export TEST_LEVEL
     unset BUILD_OPT;export BUILD_OPT;Debug "BUILD_OPT $BUILD_OPT"
     unset USE_64;export USE_64;Debug "USE_64 $USE_64"
     bc $TEST_LEVEL