diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-unavailable.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-unavailable.c
index 156c8e750259..09894f4ff62e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-unavailable.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-unavailable.c
@@ -236,7 +236,8 @@ void *tm_una_ping(void *input)
 	}
 
 	/* Check if we were not expecting a failure and a it occurred. */
-	if (!expecting_failure() && is_failure(cr_)) {
+	if (!expecting_failure() && is_failure(cr_) &&
+	    !failure_is_reschedule()) {
 		printf("\n\tUnexpected transaction failure 0x%02lx\n\t",
 			failure_code());
 		return (void *) -1;
@@ -244,9 +245,11 @@ void *tm_una_ping(void *input)
 
 	/*
 	 * Check if TM failed due to the cause we were expecting. 0xda is a
-	 * TM_CAUSE_FAC_UNAV cause, otherwise it's an unexpected cause.
+	 * TM_CAUSE_FAC_UNAV cause, otherwise it's an unexpected cause, unless
+	 * it was caused by a reschedule.
 	 */
-	if (is_failure(cr_) && !failure_is_unavailable()) {
+	if (is_failure(cr_) && !failure_is_unavailable() &&
+	    !failure_is_reschedule()) {
 		printf("\n\tUnexpected failure cause 0x%02lx\n\t",
 			failure_code());
 		return (void *) -1;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm.h b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm.h
index df4204247d45..5518b1d4ef8b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm.h
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ static inline bool failure_is_unavailable(void)
 	return (failure_code() & TM_CAUSE_FAC_UNAV) == TM_CAUSE_FAC_UNAV;
 }
 
+static inline bool failure_is_reschedule(void)
+{
+	if ((failure_code() & TM_CAUSE_RESCHED) == TM_CAUSE_RESCHED ||
+	    (failure_code() & TM_CAUSE_KVM_RESCHED) == TM_CAUSE_KVM_RESCHED)
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 static inline bool failure_is_nesting(void)
 {
 	return (__builtin_get_texasru() & 0x400000);