diff --git a/BM/workload-xsave/start_test.sh b/BM/workload-xsave/start_test.sh
index cba778fc..3641dddb 100755
--- a/BM/workload-xsave/start_test.sh
+++ b/BM/workload-xsave/start_test.sh
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ test_single () {
 
 # mode2: test workloads in all break_reason
 test_all () {
-for ((i=1; i<=5; i++))
+break_reasons=("yield" "sleep" "trap" "signal" "futex")
+for break_reason in "${break_reasons[@]}";
 do
-  break_reason=$i
   test_single
 done
 }