diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c
index 3a8111362d26..05390afd4d6f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  *    Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>,
  *    Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
  */
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 
 #include "resctrl.h"
@@ -490,9 +491,8 @@ out:
  */
 int write_schemata(char *ctrlgrp, char *schemata, int cpu_no, char *resctrl_val)
 {
-	char controlgroup[1024], schema[1024], reason[64];
-	int resource_id, ret = 0;
-	FILE *fp;
+	char controlgroup[1024], reason[128], schema[1024] = {};
+	int resource_id, fd, schema_len = -1, ret = 0;
 
 	if (strncmp(resctrl_val, MBA_STR, sizeof(MBA_STR)) &&
 	    strncmp(resctrl_val, MBM_STR, sizeof(MBM_STR)) &&
@@ -520,28 +520,39 @@ int write_schemata(char *ctrlgrp, char *schemata, int cpu_no, char *resctrl_val)
 
 	if (!strncmp(resctrl_val, CAT_STR, sizeof(CAT_STR)) ||
 	    !strncmp(resctrl_val, CMT_STR, sizeof(CMT_STR)))
-		sprintf(schema, "%s%d%c%s", "L3:", resource_id, '=', schemata);
+		schema_len = snprintf(schema, sizeof(schema), "%s%d%c%s\n",
+				      "L3:", resource_id, '=', schemata);
 	if (!strncmp(resctrl_val, MBA_STR, sizeof(MBA_STR)) ||
 	    !strncmp(resctrl_val, MBM_STR, sizeof(MBM_STR)))
-		sprintf(schema, "%s%d%c%s", "MB:", resource_id, '=', schemata);
-
-	fp = fopen(controlgroup, "w");
-	if (!fp) {
-		sprintf(reason, "Failed to open control group");
+		schema_len = snprintf(schema, sizeof(schema), "%s%d%c%s\n",
+				      "MB:", resource_id, '=', schemata);
+	if (schema_len < 0 || schema_len >= sizeof(schema)) {
+		snprintf(reason, sizeof(reason),
+			 "snprintf() failed with return value : %d", schema_len);
 		ret = -1;
-
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (fprintf(fp, "%s\n", schema) < 0) {
-		sprintf(reason, "Failed to write schemata in control group");
-		fclose(fp);
+	fd = open(controlgroup, O_WRONLY);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		snprintf(reason, sizeof(reason),
+			 "open() failed : %s", strerror(errno));
 		ret = -1;
 
-		goto out;
+		goto err_schema_not_empty;
 	}
-	fclose(fp);
+	if (write(fd, schema, schema_len) < 0) {
+		snprintf(reason, sizeof(reason),
+			 "write() failed : %s", strerror(errno));
+		close(fd);
+		ret = -1;
 
+		goto err_schema_not_empty;
+	}
+	close(fd);
+
+err_schema_not_empty:
+	schema[schema_len - 1] = 0;
 out:
 	ksft_print_msg("Write schema \"%s\" to resctrl FS%s%s\n",
 		       schema, ret ? " # " : "",