diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_core.c b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_core.c
index be59f9c34ea2..79053a4f4783 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_core.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_core.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static int test_cgcore_no_internal_process_constraint_on_threads(const char *roo
 	char *parent = NULL, *child = NULL;
 
 	if (cg_read_strstr(root, "cgroup.controllers", "cpu") ||
-	    cg_read_strstr(root, "cgroup.subtree_control", "cpu")) {
+	    cg_write(root, "cgroup.subtree_control", "+cpu")) {
 		ret = KSFT_SKIP;
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
@@ -376,6 +376,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	if (cg_find_unified_root(root, sizeof(root)))
 		ksft_exit_skip("cgroup v2 isn't mounted\n");
+
+	if (cg_read_strstr(root, "cgroup.subtree_control", "memory"))
+		if (cg_write(root, "cgroup.subtree_control", "+memory"))
+			ksft_exit_skip("Failed to set memory controller\n");
+
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(tests); i++) {
 		switch (tests[i].fn(root)) {
 		case KSFT_PASS:
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c
index 6f339882a6ca..c19a97dd02d4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c
@@ -1205,6 +1205,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (cg_read_strstr(root, "cgroup.controllers", "memory"))
 		ksft_exit_skip("memory controller isn't available\n");
 
+	if (cg_read_strstr(root, "cgroup.subtree_control", "memory"))
+		if (cg_write(root, "cgroup.subtree_control", "+memory"))
+			ksft_exit_skip("Failed to set memory controller\n");
+
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(tests); i++) {
 		switch (tests[i].fn(root)) {
 		case KSFT_PASS:
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
index e13eb6cc8901..05306c58ff9f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ TEST_GEN_FILES += virtual_address_range
 
 TEST_PROGS := run_vmtests
 
+TEST_FILES := test_vmalloc.sh
+
 KSFT_KHDR_INSTALL := 1
 include ../lib.mk
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
index 5d1db824f73a..b3e6497b080c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static void usage(void)
 	fprintf(stderr, "Supported <test type>: anon, hugetlb, "
 		"hugetlb_shared, shmem\n\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "Examples:\n\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, examples);
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s", examples);
 	exit(1);
 }