diff --git a/repos/ports/run/netperf.inc b/repos/ports/run/netperf.inc
index 3a7e8499f7..495779eb38 100644
--- a/repos/ports/run/netperf.inc
+++ b/repos/ports/run/netperf.inc
@@ -255,7 +255,9 @@ foreach netperf_test $netperf_tests {
 	spawn netperf-$version -H $ip_addr -P 1 -v 2 -t $netperf_test -c -C -- -m $packet_size $force_ports
 	set netperf_id $spawn_id
 
-	run_genode_until "Segment" 60 $netperf_id
+	set spawn_id_list [list $netperf_id $serial_id]
+
+	run_genode_until "Segment" 60 $spawn_id_list
 
 	# get throughput from netperf output
 	set throughput [regexp -all -inline {([0-9]+[ ]+){3}[0-9]+\.[0-9]+[ ]+[0-9]+\.[0-9]+} $output]
diff --git a/tool/run b/tool/run
index fc088fb133..30bc922c79 100755
--- a/tool/run
+++ b/tool/run
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ proc build_boot_image {binaries} { }
 # \param  wait_for_re    regular expression that matches the test completion
 # \param  timeout_value  timeout in seconds
 # \param  spawn_id       spawn_id of a already running and spawned process
+#                        spawn_id may be a list of spawned processes if needed
 # \global output         contains the core output (modified)
 #
 # If the function is called without any argument, Genode is executed in