diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_fallback.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_fallback.sh
index 40b6c1d3e832..0db1c09a6bcc 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_fallback.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_fallback.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # This validates that the kernel will fall back to using the fallback mechanism
 # to load firmware it can't find on disk itself. We must request a firmware
@@ -6,68 +6,17 @@
 # won't find so that we can do the load ourself manually.
 set -e
 
-PROC_CONFIG="/proc/config.gz"
+TEST_REQS_FW_SYSFS_FALLBACK="yes"
+TEST_REQS_FW_SET_CUSTOM_PATH="no"
 TEST_DIR=$(dirname $0)
+source $TEST_DIR/fw_lib.sh
 
-modprobe test_firmware
-if [ ! -f $PROC_CONFIG ]; then
-	if modprobe configs 2>/dev/null; then
-		echo "Loaded configs module"
-		if [ ! -f $PROC_CONFIG ]; then
-			echo "You must have the following enabled in your kernel:" >&2
-			cat $TEST_DIR/config >&2
-			echo "Resorting to old heuristics" >&2
-		fi
-	else
-		echo "Failed to load configs module, using old heuristics" >&2
-	fi
-fi
-
-kconfig_has()
-{
-	if [ -f $PROC_CONFIG ]; then
-		if zgrep -q $1 $PROC_CONFIG 2>/dev/null; then
-			echo "yes"
-		else
-			echo "no"
-		fi
-	else
-		# We currently don't have easy heuristics to infer this
-		# so best we can do is just try to use the kernel assuming
-		# you had enabled it. This matches the old behaviour.
-		if [ "$1" = "CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK=y" ]; then
-			echo "yes"
-		elif [ "$1" = "CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=y" ]; then
-			if [ -d /sys/class/firmware/ ]; then
-				echo yes
-			else
-				echo no
-			fi
-		fi
-	fi
-}
-
-DIR=/sys/devices/virtual/misc/test_firmware
-
-HAS_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=$(kconfig_has CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=y)
-HAS_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK=$(kconfig_has CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK=y)
-
-if [ "$HAS_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER" = "yes" ]; then
-       OLD_TIMEOUT=$(cat /sys/class/firmware/timeout)
-else
-	echo "usermode helper disabled so ignoring test"
-	exit 0
-fi
-
-FWPATH=$(mktemp -d)
-FW="$FWPATH/test-firmware.bin"
+check_mods
+check_setup
+verify_reqs
+setup_tmp_file
 
-test_finish()
-{
-	echo "$OLD_TIMEOUT" >/sys/class/firmware/timeout
-	rm -f "$FW"
-	rmdir "$FWPATH"
-}
+trap "test_finish" EXIT
 
 load_fw()
 {
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_filesystem.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_filesystem.sh
index f9508e1a4058..7f47877fa7fa 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_filesystem.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_filesystem.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # This validates that the kernel will load firmware out of its list of
 # firmware locations on disk. Since the user helper does similar work,
@@ -6,52 +6,15 @@
 # know so we can be sure we're not accidentally testing the user helper.
 set -e
 
-DIR=/sys/devices/virtual/misc/test_firmware
+TEST_REQS_FW_SYSFS_FALLBACK="no"
+TEST_REQS_FW_SET_CUSTOM_PATH="yes"
 TEST_DIR=$(dirname $0)
+source $TEST_DIR/fw_lib.sh
 
-test_modprobe()
-{
-	if [ ! -d $DIR ]; then
-		echo "$0: $DIR not present"
-		echo "You must have the following enabled in your kernel:"
-		cat $TEST_DIR/config
-		exit 1
-	fi
-}
-
-trap "test_modprobe" EXIT
-
-if [ ! -d $DIR ]; then
-	modprobe test_firmware
-fi
-
-# CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER has a sysfs class under /sys/class/firmware/
-# These days most distros enable CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER but disable
-# CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK. We use /sys/class/firmware/ as an
-# indicator for CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER.
-HAS_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=$(if [ -d /sys/class/firmware/ ]; then echo yes; else echo no; fi)
-
-if [ "$HAS_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER" = "yes" ]; then
-	OLD_TIMEOUT=$(cat /sys/class/firmware/timeout)
-fi
-
-OLD_FWPATH=$(cat /sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path)
-
-FWPATH=$(mktemp -d)
-FW="$FWPATH/test-firmware.bin"
-
-test_finish()
-{
-	if [ "$HAS_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER" = "yes" ]; then
-		echo "$OLD_TIMEOUT" >/sys/class/firmware/timeout
-	fi
-	if [ "$OLD_FWPATH" = "" ]; then
-		OLD_FWPATH=" "
-	fi
-	echo -n "$OLD_FWPATH" >/sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path
-	rm -f "$FW"
-	rmdir "$FWPATH"
-}
+check_mods
+check_setup
+verify_reqs
+setup_tmp_file
 
 trap "test_finish" EXIT
 
@@ -60,14 +23,6 @@ if [ "$HAS_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER" = "yes" ]; then
 	echo 1 >/sys/class/firmware/timeout
 fi
 
-# Set the kernel search path.
-echo -n "$FWPATH" >/sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path
-
-# This is an unlikely real-world firmware content. :)
-echo "ABCD0123" >"$FW"
-
-NAME=$(basename "$FW")
-
 if printf '\000' >"$DIR"/trigger_request 2> /dev/null; then
 	echo "$0: empty filename should not succeed" >&2
 	exit 1
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_lib.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..0702dbf0f06b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_lib.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+# Library of helpers for test scripts.
+set -e
+
+DIR=/sys/devices/virtual/misc/test_firmware
+
+PROC_CONFIG="/proc/config.gz"
+TEST_DIR=$(dirname $0)
+
+print_reqs_exit()
+{
+	echo "You must have the following enabled in your kernel:" >&2
+	cat $TEST_DIR/config >&2
+	exit 1
+}
+
+test_modprobe()
+{
+	if [ ! -d $DIR ]; then
+		print_reqs_exit
+	fi
+}
+
+check_mods()
+{
+	trap "test_modprobe" EXIT
+	if [ ! -d $DIR ]; then
+		modprobe test_firmware
+	fi
+	if [ ! -f $PROC_CONFIG ]; then
+		if modprobe configs 2>/dev/null; then
+			echo "Loaded configs module"
+			if [ ! -f $PROC_CONFIG ]; then
+				echo "You must have the following enabled in your kernel:" >&2
+				cat $TEST_DIR/config >&2
+				echo "Resorting to old heuristics" >&2
+			fi
+		else
+			echo "Failed to load configs module, using old heuristics" >&2
+		fi
+	fi
+}
+
+check_setup()
+{
+	HAS_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=$(kconfig_has CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=y)
+	HAS_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK=$(kconfig_has CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK=y)
+
+	if [ "$HAS_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER" = "yes" ]; then
+	       OLD_TIMEOUT=$(cat /sys/class/firmware/timeout)
+	fi
+
+	OLD_FWPATH=$(cat /sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path)
+}
+
+verify_reqs()
+{
+	if [ "$TEST_REQS_FW_SYSFS_FALLBACK" = "yes" ]; then
+		if [ ! "$HAS_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER" = "yes" ]; then
+			echo "usermode helper disabled so ignoring test"
+			exit 1
+		fi
+	fi
+}
+
+setup_tmp_file()
+{
+	FWPATH=$(mktemp -d)
+	FW="$FWPATH/test-firmware.bin"
+	echo "ABCD0123" >"$FW"
+	NAME=$(basename "$FW")
+	if [ "$TEST_REQS_FW_SET_CUSTOM_PATH" = "yes" ]; then
+		echo -n "$FWPATH" >/sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path
+	fi
+}
+
+test_finish()
+{
+	if [ "$HAS_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER" = "yes" ]; then
+		echo "$OLD_TIMEOUT" >/sys/class/firmware/timeout
+	fi
+	if [ "$OLD_FWPATH" = "" ]; then
+		OLD_FWPATH=" "
+	fi
+	if [ "$TEST_REQS_FW_SET_CUSTOM_PATH" = "yes" ]; then
+		echo -n "$OLD_FWPATH" >/sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path
+	fi
+	if [ -f $FW ]; then
+		rm -f "$FW"
+	fi
+	if [ -d $FWPATH ]; then
+		rm -rf "$FWPATH"
+	fi
+}
+
+kconfig_has()
+{
+	if [ -f $PROC_CONFIG ]; then
+		if zgrep -q $1 $PROC_CONFIG 2>/dev/null; then
+			echo "yes"
+		else
+			echo "no"
+		fi
+	else
+		# We currently don't have easy heuristics to infer this
+		# so best we can do is just try to use the kernel assuming
+		# you had enabled it. This matches the old behaviour.
+		if [ "$1" = "CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK=y" ]; then
+			echo "yes"
+		elif [ "$1" = "CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=y" ]; then
+			if [ -d /sys/class/firmware/ ]; then
+				echo yes
+			else
+				echo no
+			fi
+		fi
+	fi
+}
