diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/subsystem-enable.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/subsystem-enable.tc
index b1ede6249866..b7c8f29c09a9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/subsystem-enable.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/subsystem-enable.tc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ echo 'sched:*' > set_event
 
 yield
 
-count=`cat trace | grep -v ^# | awk '{ print $5 }' | sort -u | wc -l`
+count=`head -n 100 trace | grep -v ^# | awk '{ print $5 }' | sort -u | wc -l`
 if [ $count -lt 3 ]; then
     fail "at least fork, exec and exit events should be recorded"
 fi
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ echo 1 > events/sched/enable
 
 yield
 
-count=`cat trace | grep -v ^# | awk '{ print $5 }' | sort -u | wc -l`
+count=`head -n 100 trace | grep -v ^# | awk '{ print $5 }' | sort -u | wc -l`
 if [ $count -lt 3 ]; then
     fail "at least fork, exec and exit events should be recorded"
 fi
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ echo 0 > events/sched/enable
 
 yield
 
-count=`cat trace | grep -v ^# | awk '{ print $5 }' | sort -u | wc -l`
+count=`head -n 100 trace | grep -v ^# | awk '{ print $5 }' | sort -u | wc -l`
 if [ $count -ne 0 ]; then
     fail "any of scheduler events should not be recorded"
 fi
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
index 4fd735e48ee7..230d62884885 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@
 		FIXTURE_DATA(fixture_name) self; \
 		pid_t child = 1; \
 		int status = 0; \
+		bool jmp = false; \
 		memset(&self, 0, sizeof(FIXTURE_DATA(fixture_name))); \
 		if (setjmp(_metadata->env) == 0) { \
 			/* Use the same _metadata. */ \
@@ -399,8 +400,10 @@
 				_metadata->exit_code = KSFT_FAIL; \
 			} \
 		} \
+		else \
+			jmp = true; \
 		if (child == 0) { \
-			if (_metadata->setup_completed && !_metadata->teardown_parent) \
+			if (_metadata->setup_completed && !_metadata->teardown_parent && !jmp) \
 				fixture_name##_teardown(_metadata, &self, variant->data); \
 			_exit(0); \
 		} \