diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
index 2d2f69d3e5b7..ad5ebce65c07 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static int check_results(struct resctrl_val_param *param, const char *cache_type
 	return fail;
 }
 
-void cat_test_cleanup(void)
+static void cat_test_cleanup(void)
 {
 	remove(RESULT_FILE_NAME);
 }
@@ -289,8 +289,6 @@ static int cat_run_test(const struct resctrl_test *test, const struct user_param
 	ret = check_results(&param, test->resource,
 			    cache_total_size, full_cache_mask, start_mask);
 out:
-	cat_test_cleanup();
-
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cmt_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cmt_test.c
index 32ddee87e43d..c477f3c9635f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cmt_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cmt_test.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static int check_results(struct resctrl_val_param *param, size_t span, int no_of
 				 MAX_DIFF, MAX_DIFF_PERCENT, runs - 1, true);
 }
 
-void cmt_test_cleanup(void)
+static void cmt_test_cleanup(void)
 {
 	remove(RESULT_FILE_NAME);
 }
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ static int cmt_run_test(const struct resctrl_test *test, const struct user_param
 		ksft_print_msg("Intel CMT may be inaccurate when Sub-NUMA Clustering is enabled. Check BIOS configuration.\n");
 
 out:
-	cmt_test_cleanup();
 	free(span_str);
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mba_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mba_test.c
index 7cc4067ce930..e4cd484941ec 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mba_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mba_test.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static int check_results(void)
 	return show_mba_info(bw_imc, bw_resc);
 }
 
-void mba_test_cleanup(void)
+static void mba_test_cleanup(void)
 {
 	remove(RESULT_FILE_NAME);
 }
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ static int mba_run_test(const struct resctrl_test *test, const struct user_param
 	ret = check_results();
 
 out:
-	mba_test_cleanup();
-
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mbm_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mbm_test.c
index 071e2d3808a7..405edd7df816 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mbm_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mbm_test.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static int mbm_setup(const struct resctrl_test *test,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void mbm_test_cleanup(void)
+static void mbm_test_cleanup(void)
 {
 	remove(RESULT_FILE_NAME);
 }
@@ -133,8 +133,6 @@ static int mbm_run_test(const struct resctrl_test *test, const struct user_param
 		ksft_print_msg("Intel MBM may be inaccurate when Sub-NUMA Clustering is enabled. Check BIOS configuration.\n");
 
 out:
-	mbm_test_cleanup();
-
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
index 79b45cbeb628..c2a74e11a65e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
@@ -156,8 +156,6 @@ int resctrl_val(const struct resctrl_test *test,
 		const char * const *benchmark_cmd,
 		struct resctrl_val_param *param);
 void tests_cleanup(void);
-void mbm_test_cleanup(void);
-void mba_test_cleanup(void);
 unsigned long create_bit_mask(unsigned int start, unsigned int len);
 unsigned int count_contiguous_bits(unsigned long val, unsigned int *start);
 int get_full_cbm(const char *cache_type, unsigned long *mask);
@@ -166,9 +164,7 @@ int get_cache_size(int cpu_no, const char *cache_type, unsigned long *cache_size
 void ctrlc_handler(int signum, siginfo_t *info, void *ptr);
 int signal_handler_register(void);
 void signal_handler_unregister(void);
-void cat_test_cleanup(void);
 unsigned int count_bits(unsigned long n);
-void cmt_test_cleanup(void);
 
 void perf_event_attr_initialize(struct perf_event_attr *pea, __u64 config);
 void perf_event_initialize_read_format(struct perf_event_read *pe_read);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
index b17f7401892c..e01937e798ee 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ static void run_single_test(const struct resctrl_test *test, const struct user_p
 	}
 
 	ret = test->run_test(test, uparams);
+	if (test->cleanup)
+		test->cleanup();
 	ksft_test_result(!ret, "%s: test\n", test->name);
 
 cleanup:
