diff --git a/include/kunit/test.h b/include/kunit/test.h
index 6a338a3267ed..d33114097d0d 100644
--- a/include/kunit/test.h
+++ b/include/kunit/test.h
@@ -310,6 +310,9 @@ static inline void kunit_set_failure(struct kunit *test)
 
 bool kunit_enabled(void);
 const char *kunit_action(void);
+const char *kunit_filter_glob(void);
+char *kunit_filter(void);
+char *kunit_filter_action(void);
 
 void kunit_init_test(struct kunit *test, const char *name, char *log);
 
@@ -320,6 +323,14 @@ size_t kunit_suite_num_test_cases(struct kunit_suite *suite);
 unsigned int kunit_test_case_num(struct kunit_suite *suite,
 				 struct kunit_case *test_case);
 
+struct kunit_suite_set
+kunit_filter_suites(const struct kunit_suite_set *suite_set,
+		    const char *filter_glob,
+		    char *filters,
+		    char *filter_action,
+		    int *err);
+void kunit_free_suite_set(struct kunit_suite_set suite_set);
+
 int __kunit_test_suites_init(struct kunit_suite * const * const suites, int num_suites);
 
 void __kunit_test_suites_exit(struct kunit_suite **suites, int num_suites);
diff --git a/lib/kunit/Kconfig b/lib/kunit/Kconfig
index 626719b95bad..68a6daec0aef 100644
--- a/lib/kunit/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/kunit/Kconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 menuconfig KUNIT
 	tristate "KUnit - Enable support for unit tests"
-	select GLOB if KUNIT=y
+	select GLOB
 	help
 	  Enables support for kernel unit tests (KUnit), a lightweight unit
 	  testing and mocking framework for the Linux kernel. These tests are
diff --git a/lib/kunit/executor.c b/lib/kunit/executor.c
index e877c1f1e75c..5181aa2e760b 100644
--- a/lib/kunit/executor.c
+++ b/lib/kunit/executor.c
@@ -27,24 +27,37 @@ const char *kunit_action(void)
 	return action_param;
 }
 
-#if IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_KUNIT)
-
 static char *filter_glob_param;
 static char *filter_param;
 static char *filter_action_param;
 
-module_param_named(filter_glob, filter_glob_param, charp, 0);
+module_param_named(filter_glob, filter_glob_param, charp, 0400);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(filter_glob,
 		"Filter which KUnit test suites/tests run at boot-time, e.g. list* or list*.*del_test");
-module_param_named(filter, filter_param, charp, 0);
+module_param_named(filter, filter_param, charp, 0400);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(filter,
 		"Filter which KUnit test suites/tests run at boot-time using attributes, e.g. speed>slow");
-module_param_named(filter_action, filter_action_param, charp, 0);
+module_param_named(filter_action, filter_action_param, charp, 0400);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(filter_action,
 		"Changes behavior of filtered tests using attributes, valid values are:\n"
 		"<none>: do not run filtered tests as normal\n"
 		"'skip': skip all filtered tests instead so tests will appear in output\n");
 
+const char *kunit_filter_glob(void)
+{
+	return filter_glob_param;
+}
+
+char *kunit_filter(void)
+{
+	return filter_param;
+}
+
+char *kunit_filter_action(void)
+{
+	return filter_action_param;
+}
+
 /* glob_match() needs NULL terminated strings, so we need a copy of filter_glob_param. */
 struct kunit_glob_filter {
 	char *suite_glob;
@@ -108,10 +121,7 @@ kunit_filter_glob_tests(const struct kunit_suite *const suite, const char *test_
 	return copy;
 }
 
-static char *kunit_shutdown;
-core_param(kunit_shutdown, kunit_shutdown, charp, 0644);
-
-static void kunit_free_suite_set(struct kunit_suite_set suite_set)
+void kunit_free_suite_set(struct kunit_suite_set suite_set)
 {
 	struct kunit_suite * const *suites;
 
@@ -120,7 +130,7 @@ static void kunit_free_suite_set(struct kunit_suite_set suite_set)
 	kfree(suite_set.start);
 }
 
-static struct kunit_suite_set
+struct kunit_suite_set
 kunit_filter_suites(const struct kunit_suite_set *suite_set,
 		    const char *filter_glob,
 		    char *filters,
@@ -218,22 +228,6 @@ err:
 	return filtered;
 }
 
-static void kunit_handle_shutdown(void)
-{
-	if (!kunit_shutdown)
-		return;
-
-	if (!strcmp(kunit_shutdown, "poweroff"))
-		kernel_power_off();
-	else if (!strcmp(kunit_shutdown, "halt"))
-		kernel_halt();
-	else if (!strcmp(kunit_shutdown, "reboot"))
-		kernel_restart(NULL);
-
-}
-
-#endif
-
 void kunit_exec_run_tests(struct kunit_suite_set *suite_set, bool builtin)
 {
 	size_t num_suites = suite_set->end - suite_set->start;
@@ -271,6 +265,23 @@ void kunit_exec_list_tests(struct kunit_suite_set *suite_set, bool include_attr)
 
 #if IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_KUNIT)
 
+static char *kunit_shutdown;
+core_param(kunit_shutdown, kunit_shutdown, charp, 0644);
+
+static void kunit_handle_shutdown(void)
+{
+	if (!kunit_shutdown)
+		return;
+
+	if (!strcmp(kunit_shutdown, "poweroff"))
+		kernel_power_off();
+	else if (!strcmp(kunit_shutdown, "halt"))
+		kernel_halt();
+	else if (!strcmp(kunit_shutdown, "reboot"))
+		kernel_restart(NULL);
+
+}
+
 int kunit_run_all_tests(void)
 {
 	struct kunit_suite_set suite_set = {
diff --git a/lib/kunit/test.c b/lib/kunit/test.c
index 5232a4373782..49698a168437 100644
--- a/lib/kunit/test.c
+++ b/lib/kunit/test.c
@@ -740,6 +740,17 @@ static void kunit_module_init(struct module *mod)
 		mod->kunit_suites, mod->kunit_suites + mod->num_kunit_suites,
 	};
 	const char *action = kunit_action();
+	int err = 0;
+
+	suite_set = kunit_filter_suites(&suite_set,
+					kunit_filter_glob() ?: "*.*",
+					kunit_filter(), kunit_filter_action(),
+					&err);
+	if (err)
+		pr_err("kunit module: error filtering suites: %d\n", err);
+
+	mod->kunit_suites = (struct kunit_suite **)suite_set.start;
+	mod->num_kunit_suites = suite_set.end - suite_set.start;
 
 	if (!action)
 		kunit_exec_run_tests(&suite_set, false);
@@ -753,11 +764,17 @@ static void kunit_module_init(struct module *mod)
 
 static void kunit_module_exit(struct module *mod)
 {
+	struct kunit_suite_set suite_set = {
+		mod->kunit_suites, mod->kunit_suites + mod->num_kunit_suites,
+	};
 	const char *action = kunit_action();
 
 	if (!action)
 		__kunit_test_suites_exit(mod->kunit_suites,
 					 mod->num_kunit_suites);
+
+	if (suite_set.start)
+		kunit_free_suite_set(suite_set);
 }
 
 static int kunit_module_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val,