diff --git a/hack/ci/logformatter b/hack/ci/logformatter
index 4189ae9ff3..2356f634d6 100755
--- a/hack/ci/logformatter
+++ b/hack/ci/logformatter
@@ -317,6 +317,10 @@ END_HTML
         # BATS handling. This will recognize num_tests both at start and end
         if ($line =~ /^1\.\.(\d+)$/) {
             $looks_like_bats = 1;
+            # -1 is the "count unknown, expect it at the end" sentinel set
+            # below. It has to be replaced, not added to.
+            $bats_count{expected_total} = 0
+                if ($bats_count{expected_total} // 0) < 0;
             $bats_count{expected_total} += $1;
             undef $looks_like_python;
         }
diff --git a/hack/ci/logformatter.t b/hack/ci/logformatter.t
index c43eac3039..597c3bfd66 100755
--- a/hack/ci/logformatter.t
+++ b/hack/ci/logformatter.t
@@ -483,3 +483,17 @@ ok 4 blah
 <span class="timestamp">         </span><span class='bats-failed'>FAILED (failures=1, skipped=1)</span>
 <span class="timestamp">         </span>make: *** [Makefile:616: localapiv2] Error 1
 <hr/><span class='bats-summary'>Summary: <span class='bats-passed'>28 Passed</span>, <span class='bats-failed'>1 Failed</span>, <span class='bats-skipped'>1 Skipped</span>. Total tests: 30 <span class='bats-failed'>(WARNING: expected 33)</span></span>
+
+== bats plan line at end of run
+
+<<<
+env PODMAN=./bin/podman stdbuf -o0 -e0 ./test/apiv2/test-apiv2
+ok 1 [00-TEMPLATE] check
+not ok 2 [10-images] GET /images/json
+1..2
+>>>
+env PODMAN=./bin/podman stdbuf -o0 -e0 ./test/apiv2/test-apiv2
+<span class='bats-passed'><a name='t--00001'>ok 1 [00-TEMPLATE] check</a></span>
+<span class='bats-failed'><a name='t--00002'>not ok 2 [10-images] GET /images/json</a></span>
+1..2
+<hr/><span class='bats-summary'>Summary: <span class='bats-passed'>1 Passed</span>, <span class='bats-failed'>1 Failed</span>. Total tests: 2</span>