diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/Makefile
index 54833a791a44..74a78cedce37 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ TARGETS = pmu copyloops mm tm
 
 endif
 
-all:
-	@for TARGET in $(TARGETS); do \
-		$(MAKE) -C $$TARGET all; \
-	done;
+all: $(TARGETS)
+
+$(TARGETS):
+	$(MAKE) -k -C $@ all
 
 run_tests: all
 	@for TARGET in $(TARGETS); do \
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ clean:
 tags:
 	find . -name '*.c' -o -name '*.h' | xargs ctags
 
-.PHONY: all run_tests clean tags
+.PHONY: all run_tests clean tags $(TARGETS)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/Makefile
index b9ff0db42c79..cd256277c24e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ noarg:
 PROGS := count_instructions
 EXTRA_SOURCES := ../harness.c event.c
 
-all: $(PROGS) sub_all
+SUB_TARGETS = ebb
+
+all: $(PROGS) $(SUB_TARGETS)
 
 $(PROGS): $(EXTRA_SOURCES)
 
@@ -20,13 +22,8 @@ run_tests: all sub_run_tests
 clean: sub_clean
 	rm -f $(PROGS) loop.o
 
-
-SUB_TARGETS = ebb
-
-sub_all:
-	@for TARGET in $(SUB_TARGETS); do \
-		$(MAKE) -C $$TARGET all; \
-	done;
+$(SUB_TARGETS):
+	$(MAKE) -k -C $@ all
 
 sub_run_tests: all
 	@for TARGET in $(SUB_TARGETS); do \
@@ -38,4 +35,4 @@ sub_clean:
 		$(MAKE) -C $$TARGET clean; \
 	done;
 
-.PHONY: all run_tests clean sub_all sub_run_tests sub_clean
+.PHONY: all run_tests clean sub_run_tests sub_clean $(SUB_TARGETS)