diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/Makefile
index e2fbb890aef9..7c647f619d63 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ all:
 	done
 
 override define RUN_TESTS
-	@if [ `dirname $(OUTPUT)` = $(PWD) ]; then ./run.sh; fi
+	$(OUTPUT)/run.sh
 endef
 
 override define INSTALL_RULE
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kmod/kmod.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/kmod/kmod.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/sysctl.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/sysctl.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/freq-step.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/freq-step.c
index e8c61830825a..22312eb4c941 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/freq-step.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/freq-step.c
@@ -229,10 +229,9 @@ static void init_test(void)
 	printf("CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW+CLOCK_MONOTONIC precision: %.0f ns\t\t",
 	       1e9 * precision);
 
-	if (precision > MAX_PRECISION) {
-		printf("[SKIP]\n");
-		ksft_exit_skip();
-	}
+	if (precision > MAX_PRECISION)
+		ksft_exit_skip("precision: %.0f ns > MAX_PRECISION: %.0f ns\n",
+				1e9 * precision, 1e9 * MAX_PRECISION);
 
 	printf("[OK]\n");
 	srand(ts.tv_sec ^ ts.tv_nsec);