diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/.gitignore
index 4e4aae8aa7ec..8f14d8faeb0b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/.gitignore
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ test_lpm_map
 test_tag
 FEATURE-DUMP.libbpf
 fixdep
-test_dev_cgroup
 /test_progs
 /test_progs-no_alu32
 /test_progs-bpf_gcc
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index 564e1fdf80b6..bb02a3540d7a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ endif
 
 # Order correspond to 'make run_tests' order
 TEST_GEN_PROGS = test_verifier test_tag test_maps test_lru_map test_lpm_map test_progs \
-	test_dev_cgroup \
 	test_sock test_sockmap get_cgroup_id_user \
 	test_cgroup_storage \
 	test_tcpnotify_user test_sysctl \
@@ -294,7 +293,6 @@ JSON_WRITER		:= $(OUTPUT)/json_writer.o
 CAP_HELPERS	:= $(OUTPUT)/cap_helpers.o
 NETWORK_HELPERS := $(OUTPUT)/network_helpers.o
 
-$(OUTPUT)/test_dev_cgroup: $(CGROUP_HELPERS) $(TESTING_HELPERS)
 $(OUTPUT)/test_skb_cgroup_id_user: $(CGROUP_HELPERS) $(TESTING_HELPERS)
 $(OUTPUT)/test_sock: $(CGROUP_HELPERS) $(TESTING_HELPERS)
 $(OUTPUT)/test_sockmap: $(CGROUP_HELPERS) $(TESTING_HELPERS)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/cgroup_dev.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/cgroup_dev.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8661e145ba84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/cgroup_dev.c
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include "test_progs.h"
+#include "cgroup_helpers.h"
+#include "dev_cgroup.skel.h"
+
+#define TEST_CGROUP "/test-bpf-based-device-cgroup/"
+#define TEST_BUFFER_SIZE 64
+
+static void test_mknod(const char *path, mode_t mode, int dev_major,
+		       int dev_minor, int expected_ret, int expected_errno)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	unlink(path);
+	ret = mknod(path, mode, makedev(dev_major, dev_minor));
+	ASSERT_EQ(ret, expected_ret, "mknod");
+	if (expected_ret)
+		ASSERT_EQ(errno, expected_errno, "mknod errno");
+	else
+		unlink(path);
+}
+
+static void test_read(const char *path, char *buf, int buf_size,
+		      int expected_ret, int expected_errno)
+{
+	int ret, fd;
+
+	fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
+
+	/* A bare open on unauthorized device should fail */
+	if (expected_ret < 0) {
+		ASSERT_EQ(fd, expected_ret, "open ret for read");
+		ASSERT_EQ(errno, expected_errno, "open errno for read");
+		if (fd >= 0)
+			close(fd);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_FD(fd, "open ret for read"))
+		return;
+
+	ret = read(fd, buf, buf_size);
+	ASSERT_EQ(ret, expected_ret, "read");
+
+	close(fd);
+}
+
+static void test_write(const char *path, char *buf, int buf_size,
+		       int expected_ret, int expected_errno)
+{
+	int ret, fd;
+
+	fd = open(path, O_WRONLY);
+
+	/* A bare open on unauthorized device should fail */
+	if (expected_ret < 0) {
+		ASSERT_EQ(fd, expected_ret, "open ret for write");
+		ASSERT_EQ(errno, expected_errno, "open errno for write");
+		if (fd >= 0)
+			close(fd);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_FD(fd, "open ret for write"))
+		return;
+
+	ret = write(fd, buf, buf_size);
+	ASSERT_EQ(ret, expected_ret, "write");
+
+	close(fd);
+}
+
+void test_cgroup_dev(void)
+{
+	char buf[TEST_BUFFER_SIZE] = "some random test data";
+	struct dev_cgroup *skel;
+	int cgroup_fd;
+
+	cgroup_fd = cgroup_setup_and_join(TEST_CGROUP);
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_FD(cgroup_fd, "cgroup switch"))
+		return;
+
+	skel = dev_cgroup__open_and_load();
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "load program"))
+		goto cleanup_cgroup;
+
+	skel->links.bpf_prog1 =
+		bpf_program__attach_cgroup(skel->progs.bpf_prog1, cgroup_fd);
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel->links.bpf_prog1, "attach_program"))
+		goto cleanup_progs;
+
+	if (test__start_subtest("allow-mknod"))
+		test_mknod("/dev/test_dev_cgroup_null", S_IFCHR, 1, 3, 0, 0);
+
+	if (test__start_subtest("allow-read"))
+		test_read("/dev/urandom", buf, TEST_BUFFER_SIZE,
+			  TEST_BUFFER_SIZE, 0);
+
+	if (test__start_subtest("allow-write"))
+		test_write("/dev/null", buf, TEST_BUFFER_SIZE,
+			   TEST_BUFFER_SIZE, 0);
+
+	if (test__start_subtest("deny-mknod"))
+		test_mknod("/dev/test_dev_cgroup_zero", S_IFCHR, 1, 5, -1,
+			   EPERM);
+
+	if (test__start_subtest("deny-read"))
+		test_read("/dev/random", buf, TEST_BUFFER_SIZE, -1, EPERM);
+
+	if (test__start_subtest("deny-write"))
+		test_write("/dev/zero", buf, TEST_BUFFER_SIZE, -1, EPERM);
+
+cleanup_progs:
+	dev_cgroup__destroy(skel);
+cleanup_cgroup:
+	cleanup_cgroup_environment();
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_dev_cgroup.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_dev_cgroup.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 33f544f0005a..000000000000
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_dev_cgroup.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-/* Copyright (c) 2017 Facebook
- */
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <assert.h>
-#include <sys/time.h>
-
-#include <linux/bpf.h>
-#include <bpf/bpf.h>
-#include <bpf/libbpf.h>
-
-#include "cgroup_helpers.h"
-#include "testing_helpers.h"
-
-#define DEV_CGROUP_PROG "./dev_cgroup.bpf.o"
-
-#define TEST_CGROUP "/test-bpf-based-device-cgroup/"
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-	struct bpf_object *obj;
-	int error = EXIT_FAILURE;
-	int prog_fd, cgroup_fd;
-	__u32 prog_cnt;
-
-	/* Use libbpf 1.0 API mode */
-	libbpf_set_strict_mode(LIBBPF_STRICT_ALL);
-
-	if (bpf_prog_test_load(DEV_CGROUP_PROG, BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_DEVICE,
-			  &obj, &prog_fd)) {
-		printf("Failed to load DEV_CGROUP program\n");
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	cgroup_fd = cgroup_setup_and_join(TEST_CGROUP);
-	if (cgroup_fd < 0) {
-		printf("Failed to create test cgroup\n");
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	/* Attach bpf program */
-	if (bpf_prog_attach(prog_fd, cgroup_fd, BPF_CGROUP_DEVICE, 0)) {
-		printf("Failed to attach DEV_CGROUP program");
-		goto err;
-	}
-
-	if (bpf_prog_query(cgroup_fd, BPF_CGROUP_DEVICE, 0, NULL, NULL,
-			   &prog_cnt)) {
-		printf("Failed to query attached programs");
-		goto err;
-	}
-
-	/* All operations with /dev/null and /dev/urandom are allowed,
-	 * everything else is forbidden.
-	 */
-	assert(system("rm -f /tmp/test_dev_cgroup_zero") == 0);
-	assert(system("mknod /tmp/test_dev_cgroup_zero c 1 5"));
-	assert(system("rm -f /tmp/test_dev_cgroup_zero") == 0);
-
-	/* /dev/null is whitelisted */
-	assert(system("rm -f /tmp/test_dev_cgroup_null") == 0);
-	assert(system("mknod /tmp/test_dev_cgroup_null c 1 3") == 0);
-	assert(system("rm -f /tmp/test_dev_cgroup_null") == 0);
-
-	assert(system("dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/null count=64") == 0);
-
-	/* src is allowed, target is forbidden */
-	assert(system("dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/full count=64"));
-
-	/* src is forbidden, target is allowed */
-	assert(system("dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/null count=64"));
-
-	error = 0;
-	printf("test_dev_cgroup:PASS\n");
-
-err:
-	cleanup_cgroup_environment();
-
-out:
-	return error;
-}
