diff --git a/lib/kunit/executor.c b/lib/kunit/executor.c
index 5181aa2e760b..a6348489d45f 100644
--- a/lib/kunit/executor.c
+++ b/lib/kunit/executor.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ struct kunit_glob_filter {
 };
 
 /* Split "suite_glob.test_glob" into two. Assumes filter_glob is not empty. */
-static void kunit_parse_glob_filter(struct kunit_glob_filter *parsed,
+static int kunit_parse_glob_filter(struct kunit_glob_filter *parsed,
 				    const char *filter_glob)
 {
 	const int len = strlen(filter_glob);
@@ -73,16 +73,28 @@ static void kunit_parse_glob_filter(struct kunit_glob_filter *parsed,
 
 	if (!period) {
 		parsed->suite_glob = kzalloc(len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!parsed->suite_glob)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
 		parsed->test_glob = NULL;
 		strcpy(parsed->suite_glob, filter_glob);
-		return;
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	parsed->suite_glob = kzalloc(period - filter_glob + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!parsed->suite_glob)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	parsed->test_glob = kzalloc(len - (period - filter_glob) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!parsed->test_glob) {
+		kfree(parsed->suite_glob);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	strncpy(parsed->suite_glob, filter_glob, period - filter_glob);
 	strncpy(parsed->test_glob, period + 1, len - (period - filter_glob));
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* Create a copy of suite with only tests that match test_glob. */
@@ -152,21 +164,24 @@ kunit_filter_suites(const struct kunit_suite_set *suite_set,
 	}
 	copy_start = copy;
 
-	if (filter_glob)
-		kunit_parse_glob_filter(&parsed_glob, filter_glob);
+	if (filter_glob) {
+		*err = kunit_parse_glob_filter(&parsed_glob, filter_glob);
+		if (*err)
+			goto free_copy;
+	}
 
 	/* Parse attribute filters */
 	if (filters) {
 		filter_count = kunit_get_filter_count(filters);
 		parsed_filters = kcalloc(filter_count, sizeof(*parsed_filters), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!parsed_filters) {
-			kfree(copy);
-			return filtered;
+			*err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto free_parsed_glob;
 		}
 		for (j = 0; j < filter_count; j++)
 			parsed_filters[j] = kunit_next_attr_filter(&filters, err);
 		if (*err)
-			goto err;
+			goto free_parsed_filters;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; &suite_set->start[i] != suite_set->end; i++) {
@@ -178,7 +193,7 @@ kunit_filter_suites(const struct kunit_suite_set *suite_set,
 					parsed_glob.test_glob);
 			if (IS_ERR(filtered_suite)) {
 				*err = PTR_ERR(filtered_suite);
-				goto err;
+				goto free_parsed_filters;
 			}
 		}
 		if (filter_count > 0 && parsed_filters != NULL) {
@@ -195,10 +210,11 @@ kunit_filter_suites(const struct kunit_suite_set *suite_set,
 				filtered_suite = new_filtered_suite;
 
 				if (*err)
-					goto err;
+					goto free_parsed_filters;
+
 				if (IS_ERR(filtered_suite)) {
 					*err = PTR_ERR(filtered_suite);
-					goto err;
+					goto free_parsed_filters;
 				}
 				if (!filtered_suite)
 					break;
@@ -213,17 +229,19 @@ kunit_filter_suites(const struct kunit_suite_set *suite_set,
 	filtered.start = copy_start;
 	filtered.end = copy;
 
-err:
-	if (*err)
-		kfree(copy);
+free_parsed_filters:
+	if (filter_count)
+		kfree(parsed_filters);
 
+free_parsed_glob:
 	if (filter_glob) {
 		kfree(parsed_glob.suite_glob);
 		kfree(parsed_glob.test_glob);
 	}
 
-	if (filter_count)
-		kfree(parsed_filters);
+free_copy:
+	if (*err)
+		kfree(copy);
 
 	return filtered;
 }
diff --git a/lib/kunit/executor_test.c b/lib/kunit/executor_test.c
index 4084071d0eb5..b4f6f96b2844 100644
--- a/lib/kunit/executor_test.c
+++ b/lib/kunit/executor_test.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static void parse_filter_attr_test(struct kunit *test)
 {
 	int j, filter_count;
 	struct kunit_attr_filter *parsed_filters;
-	char *filters = "speed>slow, module!=example";
+	char filters[] = "speed>slow, module!=example", *filter = filters;
 	int err = 0;
 
 	filter_count = kunit_get_filter_count(filters);
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static void parse_filter_attr_test(struct kunit *test)
 	parsed_filters = kunit_kcalloc(test, filter_count, sizeof(*parsed_filters),
 			GFP_KERNEL);
 	for (j = 0; j < filter_count; j++) {
-		parsed_filters[j] = kunit_next_attr_filter(&filters, &err);
+		parsed_filters[j] = kunit_next_attr_filter(&filter, &err);
 		KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ_MSG(test, err, 0, "failed to parse filter '%s'", filters[j]);
 	}
 
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ static void filter_attr_test(struct kunit *test)
 		.start = subsuite, .end = &subsuite[2],
 	};
 	struct kunit_suite_set got;
+	char filter[] = "speed>slow";
 	int err = 0;
 
 	subsuite[0] = alloc_fake_suite(test, "normal_suite", dummy_attr_test_cases);
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ static void filter_attr_test(struct kunit *test)
 	 * attribute is unset and thus, the filtering is based on the parent attribute
 	 * of slow.
 	 */
-	got = kunit_filter_suites(&suite_set, NULL, "speed>slow", NULL, &err);
+	got = kunit_filter_suites(&suite_set, NULL, filter, NULL, &err);
 	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, got.start);
 	KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test, err, 0);
 	kfree_at_end(test, got.start);
@@ -191,12 +192,13 @@ static void filter_attr_empty_test(struct kunit *test)
 		.start = subsuite, .end = &subsuite[2],
 	};
 	struct kunit_suite_set got;
+	char filter[] = "module!=dummy";
 	int err = 0;
 
 	subsuite[0] = alloc_fake_suite(test, "suite1", dummy_attr_test_cases);
 	subsuite[1] = alloc_fake_suite(test, "suite2", dummy_attr_test_cases);
 
-	got = kunit_filter_suites(&suite_set, NULL, "module!=dummy", NULL, &err);
+	got = kunit_filter_suites(&suite_set, NULL, filter, NULL, &err);
 	KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test, err, 0);
 	kfree_at_end(test, got.start); /* just in case */
 
@@ -211,12 +213,13 @@ static void filter_attr_skip_test(struct kunit *test)
 		.start = subsuite, .end = &subsuite[1],
 	};
 	struct kunit_suite_set got;
+	char filter[] = "speed>slow";
 	int err = 0;
 
 	subsuite[0] = alloc_fake_suite(test, "suite", dummy_attr_test_cases);
 
 	/* Want: suite(slow, normal), NULL -> suite(slow with SKIP, normal), NULL */
-	got = kunit_filter_suites(&suite_set, NULL, "speed>slow", "skip", &err);
+	got = kunit_filter_suites(&suite_set, NULL, filter, "skip", &err);
 	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, got.start);
 	KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test, err, 0);
 	kfree_at_end(test, got.start);
diff --git a/lib/kunit/test.c b/lib/kunit/test.c
index 49698a168437..421f13981412 100644
--- a/lib/kunit/test.c
+++ b/lib/kunit/test.c
@@ -784,12 +784,13 @@ static int kunit_module_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val,
 
 	switch (val) {
 	case MODULE_STATE_LIVE:
-		kunit_module_init(mod);
 		break;
 	case MODULE_STATE_GOING:
 		kunit_module_exit(mod);
 		break;
 	case MODULE_STATE_COMING:
+		kunit_module_init(mod);
+		break;
 	case MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED:
 		break;
 	}