diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/network_helpers.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/network_helpers.c
index bec15558fd93..1f37adff7632 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/network_helpers.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/network_helpers.c
@@ -426,6 +426,10 @@ static int setns_by_fd(int nsfd)
 	if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "mount /sys/fs/bpf"))
 		return err;
 
+	err = mount("debugfs", "/sys/kernel/debug", "debugfs", 0, NULL);
+	if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "mount /sys/kernel/debug"))
+		return err;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/empty_skb.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/empty_skb.c
index 32dd731e9070..0613f3bb8b5e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/empty_skb.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/empty_skb.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 		goto out; \
 })
 
-void test_empty_skb(void)
+void serial_test_empty_skb(void)
 {
 	LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_test_run_opts, tattr);
 	struct empty_skb *bpf_obj = NULL;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_do_redirect.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_do_redirect.c
index a50971c6cf4a..9ac6f6a268db 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_do_redirect.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_do_redirect.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static void test_max_pkt_size(int fd)
 }
 
 #define NUM_PKTS 10000
-void test_xdp_do_redirect(void)
+void serial_test_xdp_do_redirect(void)
 {
 	int err, xdp_prog_fd, tc_prog_fd, ifindex_src, ifindex_dst;
 	char data[sizeof(pkt_udp) + sizeof(__u32)];
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_synproxy.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_synproxy.c
index c72083885b6d..13daa3746064 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_synproxy.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_synproxy.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static void test_synproxy(bool xdp)
 	system("ip netns del synproxy");
 }
 
-void test_xdp_synproxy(void)
+void serial_test_xdp_synproxy(void)
 {
 	if (test__start_subtest("xdp"))
 		test_synproxy(true);