diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3.c b/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3.c
index 42be3b925830..ede5da0c67b4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3.c
@@ -191,5 +191,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	test_clone3(CLONE_NEWPID, getpagesize() + 8, -E2BIG,
 			CLONE3_ARGS_NO_TEST);
 
-	return !ksft_get_fail_cnt() ? ksft_exit_pass() : ksft_exit_fail();
+	if (ksft_get_fail_cnt())
+		ksft_exit_fail();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3_clear_sighand.c b/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3_clear_sighand.c
index 47a8c0fc3676..dcd9448eaeec 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3_clear_sighand.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3_clear_sighand.c
@@ -124,5 +124,5 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	test_clone3_clear_sighand();
 
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3_set_tid.c b/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3_set_tid.c
index 0229e9ebb995..a755fcd3af89 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3_set_tid.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3_set_tid.c
@@ -393,5 +393,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 out:
 	ret = 0;
 
-	return !ret ? ksft_exit_pass() : ksft_exit_fail();
+	if (ret)
+		ksft_exit_fail();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c b/tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c
index 656c43c24044..21dd6af76b21 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c
@@ -198,13 +198,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	struct msgque_data msgque;
 
 	if (getuid() != 0)
-		return ksft_exit_skip(
+		ksft_exit_skip(
 				"Please run the test as root - Exiting.\n");
 
 	msgque.key = ftok(argv[0], 822155650);
 	if (msgque.key == -1) {
 		printf("Can't make key: %d\n", -errno);
-		return ksft_exit_fail();
+		ksft_exit_fail();
 	}
 
 	msgque.msq_id = msgget(msgque.key, IPC_CREAT | IPC_EXCL | 0666);
@@ -243,13 +243,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		printf("Failed to test queue: %d\n", err);
 		goto err_out;
 	}
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 
 err_destroy:
 	if (msgctl(msgque.msq_id, IPC_RMID, NULL)) {
 		printf("Failed to destroy queue: %d\n", -errno);
-		return ksft_exit_fail();
+		ksft_exit_fail();
 	}
 err_out:
-	return ksft_exit_fail();
+	ksft_exit_fail();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kcmp/kcmp_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kcmp/kcmp_test.c
index 6ea7b9f37a41..4e0776c044d1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kcmp/kcmp_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kcmp/kcmp_test.c
@@ -162,5 +162,5 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	waitpid(pid2, &status, P_ALL);
 
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h
index 8d50483fe204..e47f634bf5c0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h
@@ -207,13 +207,13 @@ static inline void ksft_test_result_error(const char *msg, ...)
 	va_end(args);
 }
 
-static inline int ksft_exit_pass(void)
+static inline void __attribute__((noreturn)) ksft_exit_pass(void)
 {
 	ksft_print_cnts();
 	exit(KSFT_PASS);
 }
 
-static inline int ksft_exit_fail(void)
+static inline void __attribute__((noreturn)) ksft_exit_fail(void)
 {
 	ksft_print_cnts();
 	exit(KSFT_FAIL);
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static inline int ksft_exit_fail(void)
 		ksft_exit_fail();	\
 	} while (0)
 
-static inline int ksft_exit_fail_msg(const char *msg, ...)
+static inline void __attribute__((noreturn)) ksft_exit_fail_msg(const char *msg, ...)
 {
 	int saved_errno = errno;
 	va_list args;
@@ -246,19 +246,19 @@ static inline int ksft_exit_fail_msg(const char *msg, ...)
 	exit(KSFT_FAIL);
 }
 
-static inline int ksft_exit_xfail(void)
+static inline void __attribute__((noreturn)) ksft_exit_xfail(void)
 {
 	ksft_print_cnts();
 	exit(KSFT_XFAIL);
 }
 
-static inline int ksft_exit_xpass(void)
+static inline void __attribute__((noreturn)) ksft_exit_xpass(void)
 {
 	ksft_print_cnts();
 	exit(KSFT_XPASS);
 }
 
-static inline int ksft_exit_skip(const char *msg, ...)
+static inline void __attribute__((noreturn)) ksft_exit_skip(const char *msg, ...)
 {
 	int saved_errno = errno;
 	va_list args;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/membarrier/membarrier_test_multi_thread.c b/tools/testing/selftests/membarrier/membarrier_test_multi_thread.c
index ac5613e5b0eb..b055625e4eb5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/membarrier/membarrier_test_multi_thread.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/membarrier/membarrier_test_multi_thread.c
@@ -69,5 +69,5 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	/* Multi-threaded */
 	test_mt_membarrier();
 
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/membarrier/membarrier_test_single_thread.c b/tools/testing/selftests/membarrier/membarrier_test_single_thread.c
index c1c963902854..daec48e0b6f2 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/membarrier/membarrier_test_single_thread.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/membarrier/membarrier_test_single_thread.c
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	test_membarrier_success();
 
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_fdinfo_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_fdinfo_test.c
index 22558524f71c..d6c5cfd1c4c6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_fdinfo_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_fdinfo_test.c
@@ -292,5 +292,5 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	test_pidfd_fdinfo_nspid();
 	test_pidfd_dead_fdinfo();
 
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_open_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_open_test.c
index 8a59438ccc78..c62564c264b1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_open_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_open_test.c
@@ -159,5 +159,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (pidfd >= 0)
 		close(pidfd);
 
-	return !ret ? ksft_exit_pass() : ksft_exit_fail();
+	if (ret)
+		ksft_exit_fail();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_poll_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_poll_test.c
index 610811275357..55d74a50358f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_poll_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_poll_test.c
@@ -112,5 +112,5 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	ksft_test_result_pass("pidfd poll test: pass\n");
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_test.c
index 529eb700ac26..4a4ab7e25796 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_test.c
@@ -569,5 +569,5 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	test_pidfd_send_signal_exited_fail();
 	test_pidfd_send_signal_recycled_pid_fail();
 
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
index 973f09a66e1e..e1cf5a73571b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	 * 2. We execute perf commands
 	 */
 	if (geteuid() != 0)
-		return ksft_exit_fail_msg("Not running as root, abort testing.\n");
+		ksft_exit_fail_msg("Not running as root, abort testing.\n");
 
 	/* Detect AMD vendor */
 	detect_amd();
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	sprintf(bm_type, "fill_buf");
 
 	if (!check_resctrlfs_support())
-		return ksft_exit_fail_msg("resctrl FS does not exist\n");
+		ksft_exit_fail_msg("resctrl FS does not exist\n");
 
 	filter_dmesg();
 
@@ -255,5 +255,5 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	umount_resctrlfs();
 
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/sync/sync_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/sync/sync_test.c
index 414a617db993..aec7057696de 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/sync/sync_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/sync/sync_test.c
@@ -110,5 +110,5 @@ int main(void)
 					err, ksft_test_num());
 
 	/* need this return to keep gcc happy */
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/adjtick.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/adjtick.c
index 54d8d87f36b3..594c59497015 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/adjtick.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/adjtick.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ int main(int argv, char **argc)
 	adjtimex(&tx1);
 
 	if (err)
-		return ksft_exit_fail();
+		ksft_exit_fail();
 
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/alarmtimer-suspend.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/alarmtimer-suspend.c
index 4da09dbf83ba..9ac0c098b20f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/alarmtimer-suspend.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/alarmtimer-suspend.c
@@ -173,6 +173,6 @@ int main(void)
 		timer_delete(tm1);
 	}
 	if (final_ret)
-		return ksft_exit_fail();
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+		ksft_exit_fail();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/change_skew.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/change_skew.c
index c4eab7124990..89c97c8b8e91 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/change_skew.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/change_skew.c
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ int main(int argv, char **argc)
 
 	if (ret) {
 		printf("[FAIL]");
-		return ksft_exit_fail();
+		ksft_exit_fail();
 	}
 	printf("[OK]");
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/clocksource-switch.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/clocksource-switch.c
index ef8eb3604595..ba4c7f66959b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/clocksource-switch.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/clocksource-switch.c
@@ -163,6 +163,6 @@ int main(int argv, char **argc)
 	change_clocksource(orig_clk);
 
 	if (status)
-		return ksft_exit_fail();
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+		ksft_exit_fail();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/freq-step.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/freq-step.c
index 4b76450d78d1..73b636f89fdc 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/freq-step.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/freq-step.c
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	set_frequency(0.0);
 
 	if (fails)
-		return ksft_exit_fail();
+		ksft_exit_fail();
 
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/inconsistency-check.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/inconsistency-check.c
index 022d3ffe3fbf..71362be52dc8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/inconsistency-check.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/inconsistency-check.c
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		if (!clock_gettime(clockid, &ts)) {
 			printf("Consistent %-30s ", clockstring(clockid));
 			if (consistency_test(clockid, runtime))
-				return ksft_exit_fail();
+				ksft_exit_fail();
 		}
 	}
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/leap-a-day.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/leap-a-day.c
index 23eb398c8140..986abbdb1521 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/leap-a-day.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/leap-a-day.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			printf("Error: Problem setting STA_INS/STA_DEL!: %s\n",
 							time_state_str(ret));
-			return ksft_exit_fail();
+			ksft_exit_fail();
 		}
 
 		/* Validate STA_INS was set */
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		if (tx.status != STA_INS && tx.status != STA_DEL) {
 			printf("Error: STA_INS/STA_DEL not set!: %s\n",
 							time_state_str(ret));
-			return ksft_exit_fail();
+			ksft_exit_fail();
 		}
 
 		if (tai_time) {
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		se.sigev_value.sival_int = 0;
 		if (timer_create(CLOCK_REALTIME, &se, &tm1) == -1) {
 			printf("Error: timer_create failed\n");
-			return ksft_exit_fail();
+			ksft_exit_fail();
 		}
 		its1.it_value.tv_sec = next_leap;
 		its1.it_value.tv_nsec = 0;
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		if (error_found) {
 			printf("Errors observed\n");
 			clear_time_state();
-			return ksft_exit_fail();
+			ksft_exit_fail();
 		}
 		printf("\n");
 		if ((iterations != -1) && !(--iterations))
@@ -374,5 +374,5 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	clear_time_state();
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/leapcrash.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/leapcrash.c
index f70802c5dd0d..8fd065eec904 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/leapcrash.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/leapcrash.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ int main(void)
 		tv.tv_usec = 0;
 		if (settimeofday(&tv, NULL)) {
 			printf("Error: You're likely not running with proper (ie: root) permissions\n");
-			return ksft_exit_fail();
+			ksft_exit_fail();
 		}
 		tx.modes = 0;
 		adjtimex(&tx);
@@ -104,5 +104,5 @@ int main(void)
 		fflush(stdout);
 	}
 	printf("[OK]\n");
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/mqueue-lat.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/mqueue-lat.c
index 7916cf5cc6ff..f3179a605bba 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/mqueue-lat.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/mqueue-lat.c
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	ret = mqueue_lat_test();
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		printf("[FAILED]\n");
-		return ksft_exit_fail();
+		ksft_exit_fail();
 	}
 	printf("[OK]\n");
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/nanosleep.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/nanosleep.c
index 71b5441c2fd9..40ff3d710d66 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/nanosleep.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/nanosleep.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			}
 			if (ret < 0) {
 				printf("[FAILED]\n");
-				return ksft_exit_fail();
+				ksft_exit_fail();
 			}
 			length *= 100;
 		}
@@ -161,5 +161,5 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 next:
 		ret = 0;
 	}
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/nsleep-lat.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/nsleep-lat.c
index eb3e79ed7b4a..4c201a06cb94 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/nsleep-lat.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/nsleep-lat.c
@@ -172,9 +172,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			printf("[FAILED]\n");
-			return ksft_exit_fail();
+			ksft_exit_fail();
 		}
 		printf("[OK]\n");
 	}
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c
index 0ba500056e63..337424c5c987 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c
@@ -194,16 +194,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	printf("based timers if other threads run on the CPU...\n");
 
 	if (check_itimer(ITIMER_VIRTUAL) < 0)
-		return ksft_exit_fail();
+		ksft_exit_fail();
 
 	if (check_itimer(ITIMER_PROF) < 0)
-		return ksft_exit_fail();
+		ksft_exit_fail();
 
 	if (check_itimer(ITIMER_REAL) < 0)
-		return ksft_exit_fail();
+		ksft_exit_fail();
 
 	if (check_timer_create(CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID) < 0)
-		return ksft_exit_fail();
+		ksft_exit_fail();
 
 	/*
 	 * It's unfortunately hard to reliably test a timer expiration
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	 * find a better solution.
 	 */
 	if (check_timer_create(CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID) < 0)
-		return ksft_exit_fail();
+		ksft_exit_fail();
 
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/raw_skew.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/raw_skew.c
index b41d8dd0c40c..b58639a7d19d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/raw_skew.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/raw_skew.c
@@ -138,11 +138,11 @@ int main(int argv, char **argc)
 		if (tx1.offset || tx2.offset ||
 		    tx1.freq != tx2.freq || tx1.tick != tx2.tick) {
 			printf("	[SKIP]\n");
-			return ksft_exit_skip("The clock was adjusted externally. Shutdown NTPd or other time sync daemons\n");
+			ksft_exit_skip("The clock was adjusted externally. Shutdown NTPd or other time sync daemons\n");
 		}
 		printf("	[FAILED]\n");
-		return ksft_exit_fail();
+		ksft_exit_fail();
 	}
 	printf("	[OK]\n");
-	return  ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/set-2038.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/set-2038.c
index 688cfd81b531..f7d978721b9e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/set-2038.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/set-2038.c
@@ -128,6 +128,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	/* restore clock */
 	settime(start);
 	if (ret)
-		return ksft_exit_fail();
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+		ksft_exit_fail();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/set-tai.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/set-tai.c
index 8c4179ee2ca2..5b67462efcd6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/set-tai.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/set-tai.c
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		ret = get_tai();
 		if (ret != i) {
 			printf("[FAILED] expected: %i got %i\n", i, ret);
-			return ksft_exit_fail();
+			ksft_exit_fail();
 		}
 	}
 	printf("[OK]\n");
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/set-timer-lat.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/set-timer-lat.c
index 50da45437daa..7ce240c89b21 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/set-timer-lat.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/set-timer-lat.c
@@ -278,6 +278,6 @@ int main(void)
 		ret |= do_timer_oneshot(clock_id, 0);
 	}
 	if (ret)
-		return ksft_exit_fail();
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+		ksft_exit_fail();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/set-tz.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/set-tz.c
index 62bd33eb16f0..20daaf1782b7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/set-tz.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/set-tz.c
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	printf("[OK]\n");
 
 	set_tz(min, dst);
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 
 err:
 	set_tz(min, dst);
-	return ksft_exit_fail();
+	ksft_exit_fail();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/skew_consistency.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/skew_consistency.c
index 8066be9aff11..bfeaac8d870d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/skew_consistency.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/skew_consistency.c
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ int main(int argv, char **argc)
 
 	if (ret) {
 		printf("[FAILED]\n");
-		return ksft_exit_fail();
+		ksft_exit_fail();
 	}
 	printf("[OK]\n");
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/threadtest.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/threadtest.c
index 80aed4bf06fb..76b38e41d9c7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/threadtest.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/threadtest.c
@@ -189,5 +189,5 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	/* die */
 	if (ret)
 		ksft_exit_fail();
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/valid-adjtimex.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/valid-adjtimex.c
index 5397de708d3c..48804223eb4d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/valid-adjtimex.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/valid-adjtimex.c
@@ -321,10 +321,10 @@ int validate_set_offset(void)
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	if (validate_freq())
-		return ksft_exit_fail();
+		ksft_exit_fail();
 
 	if (validate_set_offset())
-		return ksft_exit_fail();
+		ksft_exit_fail();
 
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/madv_populate.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/madv_populate.c
index 3ee0e8275600..5f2f8ad32248 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/madv_populate.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/madv_populate.c
@@ -325,5 +325,5 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (err)
 		ksft_exit_fail_msg("%d out of %d tests failed\n",
 				   err, ksft_test_num());
-	return ksft_exit_pass();
+	ksft_exit_pass();
 }
