diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/cgroup_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/cgroup_util.c
index 14c9fe284806..eba06f94433b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/cgroup_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/cgroup_util.c
@@ -227,9 +227,7 @@ int cg_destroy(const char *cgroup)
 retry:
 	ret = rmdir(cgroup);
 	if (ret && errno == EBUSY) {
-		ret = cg_killall(cgroup);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
+		cg_killall(cgroup);
 		usleep(100);
 		goto retry;
 	}